Degradation of silicone rubber under ac or dc voltages in radiation environment

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 834-841

  Rajini, V ^a   Udayakumar, K ^b  

^a SSN COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (India)

^b ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

radiation; Alumina tri hydrate; ATH; Contact angle; Dc resistance to tracking; EDXA; Energy dispersive X ray analysis; Erosion depth; Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR); Gamma radiation; Scanning electron microscopy; Silicone rubber (SR)

Indexed keywords

ATH; DC RESISTANCE TO TRACKING; EDXA; EROSION DEPTH; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY (FTIR); GAMMA RADIATION; SILICONE RUBBER (SR);

CONTACT ANGLE; DEGRADATION; ELASTOMERS; ELECTRIC CURRENT MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC INSULATORS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY ANALYSIS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GAMMA RAYS; HYDRATES; HYDRATION; IRRADIATION; LITHIUM BATTERIES; MEASUREMENT THEORY; PHOTODEGRADATION; RADIATION; REFRACTORY ALLOYS; RUBBER; SCANNING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICONES; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

FOURIER TRANSFORMS;

EID: 67651159224     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TDEI.2009.5128524     Document Type: Conference Paper

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