Effect of morphology on electrical treeing in low density polyethylene nanocomposites

IET Science, Measurement and Technology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 60-68

  Alapati, Sridhar ^a   Meledath, Joy Thomas ^a   Karmarkar, Ajay ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b INSTITUTE OF WOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

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EID: 84894597369     PISSN: 17518822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/iet-smt.2012.0032     Document Type: Article

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