The characteristics of vacuum arc with stationary diffuse spot on non-thermionic cathode

Author

Batenin, V.M. ; Klimovsky, I.I. ; Polistchook, V.P. ; Shchikov, V. A Sinel

Author_Institution

Inst. of High Temp., Acad. of Sci., Moscow, Russia

Volume

1

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

242

Abstract

The vacuum arc with stationary diffuse spot on the solid cathode from chromium has been studied. The arc current was 30-220 A, cathode temperature 1800-2100 K. The mean current density on the cathode 10-10 ² A/cm². The part of thermionic current at the cathode was less than 0.1 % from arc current. Observations of cathode surface during arcing with help of a laser monitor did not discover noticeable arc influence on the cathode. The experimental data on the cathode temperatures, the heat flow from plasma to cathode and the evaporation rate of the cathode are presented. The possible mechanisms of the charge transfer on the cathode surface are discussed

Keywords

cathodes; charge exchange; current density; evaporation; heat transfer; plasma; vacuum arcs; 1800 to 2100 K; 30 to 220 A; cathode evaporation rate; cathode surface; cathode temperature; charge transfer; heat flow; mean current density; nonthermionic cathode; stationary diffuse spot vacuum arc; vacuum arc characteristics; Cathodes; Chromium; Copper; Current density; Electrons; Plasma temperature; Resistance heating; Surface discharges; Temperature measurement; Vacuum arcs;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Discharges and Electrical Insulation in Vacuum, 2000. Proceedings. ISDEIV. XIXth International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Xi´an

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5791-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/DEIV.2000.877295

Filename

877295