The influence of arc chamber wall material on arc gap dielectric recovery voltage

IEEE Transactions on Components and Packaging Technologies

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 342-348

  Shea, John J ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b Cutler Hammer Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Arcing; Circuit breaker; Dielectric breakdown; Gassing walls; High current; Ionization; Plasma

Indexed keywords

ARC CHAMBER WALL MATERIAL; ARCING; DIELECTRIC BREAKDOWN;

ALUMINA; ELECTRIC ARCS; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; ELECTRIC CONTACTS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; POLYAMIDES;

ELECTRIC POTENTIAL;

EID: 0035439606     PISSN: 15213331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/6144.946477     Document Type: Article

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