A varistor-polymer composite with nonlinear electrical-thermal switching properties

Ceramics International

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 131-136

  Lin, Chiung Chih ^a   Lee, Woei Shyong ^b   Sun, Chang Chun ^c   Whu, Wen Hwa ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NURSING AND MANAGEMENT COLLEGE   (Taiwan)

^c LEE MING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

B. Composite; Nonlinear electrical thermal switching

Indexed keywords

CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; LEAKAGE CURRENTS; POLYMER MATRIX; SINTERING; SWITCHING; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; VARISTORS;

NONLINEAR ELECTRICAL THERMAL SWITCHING; SWITCHING MECHANISMS; TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENTS; VARISTOR FILLERS;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 35548993214     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2006.09.018     Document Type: Article

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