Effect of the microstructure of electrode materials on arc cathode spot dynamics

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 21, 2003, Pages 2649-2654

  Wang, Yaping ^a   Zhang, Chengyu ^a,b   Zhang, Hui ^b   Ding, Bingjun ^b   Lu, Ke ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF METAL RESEARCH   (China)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHODES; COPPER ALLOYS; ELECTRODES; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; METALLOGRAPHIC MICROSTRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGY; PHASE COMPOSITION;

ARC CATHODE SPOT DYNAMICS; CATHODE ALLOYS; VACUUM ARCS; VACUUM GAP;

HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS;

EID: 0242573688     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/36/21/008     Document Type: Article

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