• DocumentCode
    983554
  • Title

    Performance of electrodes at the first voltage breakdown in liquid helium

  • Author

    Olivier, Ch.

  • Author_Institution
    Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich
  • Volume
    17
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    1981
  • fDate
    9/1/1981 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    2086
  • Lastpage
    2088
  • Abstract
    A cryogenic system for the investigation of the dielectric properties of liquid helium is described. Results of first breakdown voltage measurements made with a great number of fresh (unsparked) sphere gaps are presented. Examples for typical conditioning effects resulting from repeated sparking of one gap are given and discussed. A main objective of this work has been the study of the influence of electrode material on the first voltage breakdown in freshly prepared sphere gaps.
  • Keywords
    Dielectric breakdown; Noble gases; Breakdown voltage; Dielectric breakdown; Dielectric measurements; Electric breakdown; Electrodes; Helium; Optical scattering; Particle scattering; Spark gaps; Testing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9464
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TMAG.1981.1061416
  • Filename
    1061416