Surface degradation of HTV silicone rubber and EPDM used for outdoor insulators under accelerated ultraviolet weathering condition

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1015-1024

  Youn, Bok Hee ^a,c   Huh, Chang Su ^b  

^a LS Cable Ltd   (South Korea)

^b Inha University   (South Korea)

^c Korea Electric Power Research Institute (KEPRI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Hydrophobicity; Photo degradation; Polymeric outdoor insulator; Weatherability

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC INSULATORS; HYDROPHOBICITY; PHOTODEGRADATION; POLYMERS; SILICONES; SURFACE PHENOMENA; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WEATHERING;

POLYMERIC OUTDOOR INSULATOR; TERPOLYMER; UV EXPOSURE; WEATHERABILITY;

RUBBER PRODUCTS;

EID: 28744446212     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TDEI.2005.1522194     Document Type: Conference Paper

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