A water treeing model

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 801-808

  Crine, Jean Pierre ^a,c,d,e   Jow, Jinder ^b  

^a Dow Chemical Pacific ^*  (Canada)

^b Dow Chemical Pacific (Singapore) Pte Ltd   (Singapore)

^c Electrical Industry and Material Suppliers   (Canada)

^d ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e ÉCOLE DE TECHNOLOGIE SUPÉRIEURE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electric field; Frequency; Ionic solutions; Low density polyethylene; Water diffusion; Water treeing

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BONDS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; POLYMERS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

FREQUENCY; IONIC SOLUTIONS; WATER DIFFUSION; WATER TREEING;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 27744461934     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TDEI.2005.1511105     Document Type: Article

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