DocumentCode
432418
Title
Effect of magnetic field on sustainment of low-current DC vacuum arcs
Author
Tsuruta, K. ; Nakajima, M. ; Kitaura, M. ; Yanagidaira, T.
Author_Institution
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Ibaraki University, 4-12-1, Nakanamsawa, Hitachi, Ibaraki, 316-8511, Japan
Volume
1
fYear
2004
fDate
Sept. 27 2004-Oct. 1 2004
Firstpage
261
Lastpage
264
Abstract
Effect of magnetic fields on the instability of low current DC vacuum arcs, less than 10A, were examined experimentally. An axial magnetic field less than 100mT composed of a pair of disc magnets, an axial magnetic field by a solenoid coil in a range of 70 to 300mT, and an axial magnetic filed with a radial component by a disc magnet less than 40mT were used. It appeared that the arcs become unstable and the arc voltages rise by applying axial fields. As a result the lifetimes of the arcs rather decreased with increasing magnetic fields.
Keywords
Cathodes; Coils; Electrodes; Ion sources; Magnetic field measurement; Magnetic fields; Magnets; Solenoids; Vacuum arcs; Voltage;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Discharges and Electrical Insulation in Vacuum, 2004. Proceedings. ISDEIV. XXIst International Symposium on
Conference_Location
Yalta, Crimea
ISSN
1093-2941
Print_ISBN
0-7803-8461-X
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/DEIV.2004.1418655
Filename
1418655
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