Effects of ageing of electrical insulators after exposure for 11 years in the large electron-positron collider at CERN

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

Volumn 208, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 476-479

  Tavlet, M ^a  

^a CERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Accelerators; Cable insulators; Degradation; Epoxy; Polyolefins; Radiation

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; COLLIDING BEAM ACCELERATORS; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRIC INSULATORS; ELECTRONS; POLYOLEFINS; POSITRONS;

ELECTRON-POSITRON COLLIDERS;

NUCLEAR PHYSICS;

EID: 0037810896     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-583X(03)00641-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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