Non-uniform ageing behavior of individual grain boundaries in ZnO varistor ceramics

Journal of the European Ceramic Society

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1451-1456

  He, Jinlian ^a   Liu, Jun ^a   Hu, Jun ^a   Zeng, Rong ^a   Long, Wangcheng ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ageing characteristics; Individual grain boundary; Microcontact measurement; Non uniformity; ZnO varistor

Indexed keywords

AGEING CHARACTERISTICS; INDIVIDUAL GRAIN BOUNDARY; MICROCONTACT MEASUREMENT; NON-UNIFORMITY; ZNO VARISTORS;

CERAMIC MATERIALS; DESORPTION; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; OXYGEN; TESTING; VARISTORS; ZINC OXIDE;

CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 79953314431     PISSN: 09552219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2011.01.024     Document Type: Article

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