Nonuniform heating in zinc oxide varistors studied by infrared imaging and computer simulation

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 81, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2013-2022

  Wang, Hsin ^a   Bartkowiak, Miroslaw ^a,b,c   Modine, Frank A ^a,b   Dinwiddie, Ralph B ^a   Boatner, Lynn A ^a,b   Mahan, Gerald D ^a,c  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; HEAT TRANSFER; INFRARED IMAGING; MOS DEVICES; VARISTORS; ZINC OXIDE;

NONUNIFORM HEATING;

CERAMIC PRODUCTS;

EID: 0032139055     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1998.tb02582.x     Document Type: Article

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