Transient thermal gradients in barium titanate Positive Temperature Coefficient (PTC) thermistors

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1789-1796

  Smith, David S ^a,c   Ghayoub, Noureddine ^a   Charissou, Isabelle ^a   Bellon, Oliver ^a   Abélard, Pierre ^a,c   Edwards, Arthur H ^b  

^a Ecole Nationale Superieure de Ceramique Industrielle   (France)

^b University of North Carolina at Charlotte   (United States)

^c AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM TITANATE; CERAMIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRODES; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL GRADIENTS;

POSITIVE TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT THERMISTORS;

THERMISTORS;

EID: 0032119920     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1998.tb02549.x     Document Type: Article

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