• DocumentCode
    1374948
  • Title

    Constant current mercury arc rectifier

  • Author

    Steinmetz, Charles Proteus ; General, I.

  • Volume
    24
  • Issue
    7
  • fYear
    1905
  • fDate
    7/1/1905 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    743
  • Lastpage
    765
  • Abstract
    The operation of the mercury arc rectifier is based on the phenomenon of the electric arc, to be a good conductor in the direction of the arc blast, but a non-conductor in the opposite direction, and so to pass only unidirectional currents.
  • Keywords
    Anodes; Cathodes; Current transformers; Fires; Force; Rectifiers; Voltage transformers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    American Institute of Electrical Engineers, Proceedings of the
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0097-2444
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/PAIEE.1905.6742162
  • Filename
    6742162
    • Link To Document
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