Experience with salt-fog and inclined-plane tests for aging polymeric insulators and materials

IEEE Electrical Insulation Magazine

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 42-50

  El Hag, Ayman H ^a   Meyer, Luiz Henrique ^b   Naderian, Ali ^c  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

^b REGIONAL UNIVERSITY OF BLUMENAU   (Brazil)

^c KINECTRICS INC   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accelerated aging; Inclined plane test; Polymer insulators; Polymer materials; Salt fog test; Test parameters

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATED AGING; PLANE TEST; POLYMER INSULATOR; POLYMER MATERIALS; TEST PARAMETERS;

BUILDING MATERIALS; FOG; HYDROPHOBICITY; MACHINE DESIGN; POLYMERS; SILICONES;

TESTING;

EID: 77953567240     PISSN: 08837554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MEI.2010.5482554     Document Type: Article

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