Title :
The Influence of Solid-State Cohesion of Conditioned Metal Electrodes on the Electrical Strength of the Vacuum Gap
Author_Institution :
Hydro-Quebec Institute of Research, Varennes, P.Q., Canada
Abstract :
The solid-state cohesion of metals maintaining electricalstress across a vacuum gap appears to determine the magnitude of theelectric strength of the vacuum gap. For conditioned electrodes(presumably free of adsorbed and oxide layers) under direct-voltage conditions,higher electric strengths are associated with metals having highmetal-metal bond energies and vice versa.
Keywords :
Bonding; Chromium; Dielectrics; Electrodes; Iron; Pulse measurements; Solid state circuits; Steel; Stress; Vacuum breakdown;
Journal_Title :
Electrical Insulation, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TEI.1976.297924
