Melting on axial magnetic field contacts during half-cycle drawn arcs in vacuum

Electrical Contacts, Proceedings of the Annual Holm Conference on Electrical Contacts

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 161-166

  Taylor, E D ^a   Schulman, M B ^a   Slade, P G ^a  

^a EATON CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Arc erosion; Arc modes; Axial magnetic field contacts; Cu Cr; Vacuum arc; Vacuum interrupters

Indexed keywords

AXIAL MAGNETIC FIELD CONTACTS;

EROSION; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MELTING; VACUUM APPLICATIONS;

ELECTRIC ARCS;

EID: 0034785893     PISSN: 03614395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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