The effect of electrode material and additives on the breakdown strength of a vacuum gap

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 245-249

  Wang, Yaping ^a   Yang, Zhimao ^a   Ding, Bingjun ^a   Zhou, Jingen ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOYING ELEMENTS; COBALT; COPPER ALLOYS; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN OF SOLIDS; ELECTRODES; TUNGSTEN; VACUUM;

VACUUM GAP;

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 0032047543     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/94.671947     Document Type: Article

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