Electrical breakdown of water in microgaps

Plasma Sources Science and Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Schoenbach, Karl ^a,b   Kolb, Juergen ^a,b   Xiao, Shu ^a   Katsuki, Sunao ^a,c   Minamitani, Yasushi ^a,d   Joshi, Ravindra ^a,b  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Old Dominion University   (United States)

^c KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTRODES; KERR ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECT; MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETERS; WATER ANALYSIS;

BIOELECTRIC APPLICATIONS; ELECTRICAL DIAGNOSTICS; PULSE POWER GENERATORS; SCHLIEREN DIAGNOSTICS; SUBMILLIMETER GAPS;

ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN;

EID: 43149126085     PISSN: 09630252     EISSN: 13616595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0963-0252/17/2/024010     Document Type: Article

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