How effectively do materials shield against transient electric fields?

IEEE Industry Applications Magazine

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 13-20

  Chubb, John ^a  

^a John Chubb Instrumentation   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC INSULATORS; ELECTROSTATICS; FREQUENCIES; STANDARDS; STATIC ELECTRICITY; TRANSIENTS;

ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGES; PULSE GENERATION CIRCUIT; SHIELDING MEASUREMENTS; TRANSIENT ELECTRIC FIELDS;

ELECTRIC SHIELDING;

EID: 0036754689     PISSN: 10772618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MIA.2002.1028386     Document Type: Article

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