• DocumentCode
    1508971
  • Title

    Research and development leading to high-power vacuum interrupters

  • Author

    Cobine, J. D.

  • Author_Institution
    General Electric Research Laboratory, Schenectady, N. Y.
  • Volume
    81
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1962
  • Firstpage
    13
  • Lastpage
    21
  • Abstract
    Although the vacuum switch concept is more than 30 years old, reliable high-power vacuum interrupters did not become a reality until recently. In this article, the historical background of these vacuum interrupters is given
  • Keywords
    Contacts; Electrodes; Interrupters; Laboratories; Metals; Switches; Vacuum technology;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electrical Engineering
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0095-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/EE.1962.6446688
  • Filename
    6446688