Electrical investigation of the interaction of a dense plasma with cold electrodes in air

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1096-1109

  Bayer, Ralph ^a   Schein, Jochen ^a   Schumann, Michael ^a   Mentel, Jürgen ^a  

^a RWE POWER AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arc discharges; Cathodes; Electric breakdown; Electron emission; Gas discharges; Ionization; Lighting; Plasma sheaths; Switches switchgear; Vacuum arcs; Vacuum breakdown

Indexed keywords

CATHODES; ELECTRIC ARCS; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN OF GASES; ELECTRIC SWITCHES; ELECTRON EMISSION; ELECTRON TUBES; IONIZATION OF GASES; PLASMA SHEATHS; SURFACE STRUCTURE;

CATHODIC ARC SPOT IGNITION; COMMUTATION ELECTRODES; VACUUM ARCS;

PLASMA INTERACTIONS;

EID: 0031249101     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.649631     Document Type: Article

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