Electrical and environmental aging of silicone rubber used in outdoor insulation

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 632-650

  Yoshimura, N ^a   Kumagai, S ^a   Nishimura, S ^b  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; CROSSLINKING; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OXIDATION; REACTION KINETICS; RUBBER; SILICONES;

LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT (LMW) CHAINS; OUTDOOR INSULATION;

ELECTRIC INSULATORS;

EID: 0033347891     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/94.798120     Document Type: Article

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