Predicting maximum surface voltages on inhabited cleanroom garments in practical use

ESTECH 2003: 49th Annual Technical Meeting and Exposition of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology. Proceedings Constamination Control Design, Test, and Evaluation Product Reliability

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 1-16

  Chubb, John N ^a   Holdstock, Paul ^b   Dyer, Mick ^c  

^a John Chubb Instrumentation ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b British Textile Technology Group   (United Kingdom)

^c William Barnet and Son Inc   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capacitance Loading; Charge Decay; Electrostatic risks; Surface Voltage; Tribocharging

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE LOADING; CHARGE DECAY; ELECTROSTATIC RISKS; SURFACE VOLTAGES; TRIBOCHARGING;

CAPACITANCE; CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRICITY; FABRICS; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENES; RISKS; TRIBOELECTRICITY;

ELECTROSTATICS;

EID: 1842559857     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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