The growth of prebreakdown cavities in silicone fluids and the frequency of the accompanying discharge pulses

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 344-349

  Watson, P Keith ^a   Qureshi, M Iqbal ^b   Chadband, W G ^c  

^a XEROX CORPORATION   (United States)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN OF LIQUIDS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRIC SPACE CHARGE; SILICONES; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS;

PREBREAKDOWN CAVITY; SILICONE FLUIDS;

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 0032099473     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/94.689423     Document Type: Article

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