The effect of sintering temperature variations on the development of electrically active interfaces in zinc oxide based varistors

Journal of the European Ceramic Society

Volumn 20, Issue 16, 2000, Pages 2759-2765

  Leach, C ^a   Ling, Z ^a   Freer, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electrically active interfaces; Sintering temperature variations; Zinc oxide based varistors

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH COMPOUNDS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SINTERING; VARISTORS; ZINC OXIDE;

REMOTE ELECTRON BEAM INDUCED CURRENTS (REBIC); ZINC OXIDE BASED VARISTORS;

CERAMIC MATERIALS;

EID: 0034516823     PISSN: 09552219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0955-2219(00)00223-5     Document Type: Article

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