The relation between residual voltage ratio and microstructural parameters of ZnO varistors

Materials Letters

Volumn 59, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 302-307

  Li, Shengtao ^a   Xie, Feng ^a   Liu, Fuyi ^c   Li, Jianying ^a   Alim, Mohammad A ^b  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ALABAMA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Microstructure; Residual voltage; Varistor

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC PRODUCTS; COATINGS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRIC SURGES; ELECTRODES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; LEAKAGE CURRENTS; LIGHTNING ARRESTERS; MICROSTRUCTURE; POWER TRANSMISSION; THICKNESS CONTROL; ZINC OXIDE;

ELECTRIC FIELD STRENGTH; GRAIN SIZE VARIANCE; RAW INGREDIENTS; RESIDUAL VOLTAGE;

VARISTORS;

EID: 9644260467     PISSN: 0167577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matlet.2004.10.008     Document Type: Article

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