The effect of electrode contamination, cleaning and conditioning on high-energy pulsed-power device performance

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 469-485

  Cuneo, M E ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANODES; CATHODES; CLEANING; CONTAMINATION; PLASMAS;

PULSED-POWER TECHNOLOGY;

ELECTRODES;

EID: 0033359394     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/94.788747     Document Type: Article

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