Heat flux at the refractory cathode of a high-current, high-pressure arc (two modes of cathode spot attachment)

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1048-1051

  Nemchinsky, Valerian ^a  

^a FRANCIS MARION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALORIMETRY; CATHODES; CURRENT DENSITY; EVAPORATION; HEAT FLUX; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; REFRACTORY MATERIALS; THERMAL DIFFUSION; TUNGSTEN;

CALORIMETRIC MEASUREMENTS; CATHODE SPOT (CS); GAS PRESSURE; TORCH COOLING;

ELECTRIC ARCS;

EID: 2342444075     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/37/7/015     Document Type: Article

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