Influence of morphology on electrical treeing in polyethylene blends

IEE Proceedings: Science, Measurement and Technology

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 58-64

  Dodd, S J ^a   Champion, J V ^b   Zhao, Y ^c   Vaughan, A S ^a   Sutton, S J ^d   Swingler, S G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL GRID   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FRACTALS; HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; MORPHOLOGY; POLYMER BLENDS; QUENCHING;

ELECTRICAL STRESS; ELECTRICAL TREES; ISOTHERMAL CRYSTALLIZATION; POLYETHYLENE BLENDS; SEMICRYSTALLINE POLYMERS;

ELECTRIC INSULATING MATERIALS;

EID: 0037683358     PISSN: 13502344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/ip-smt:20030227     Document Type: Article

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