Dielectric Material Properties Investigated Through Space Charge Measurements

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 56-64

  Montanari, Gian Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dielectric properties; Material evaluation; Space charge measurements

Indexed keywords

CHARGE CARRIERS; CROSSLINKING; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRIC CURRENT MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC SPACE CHARGE; FREQUENCIES; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MICROSTRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGY; PERMITTIVITY; POLYETHYLENES;

MATERIAL EVALUATION; SPACE CHARGE MEASUREMENTS;

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 1842581754     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TDEI.2004.1266317     Document Type: Article

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