Composition of the Interelectrode Prebreakdown Current in High Vacuum
- 1 May 1955
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 26 (5) , 625-626
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1722055
Abstract
Thermal rise measurements on vacuum‐insulated electrodes subjected to steady gap voltages in the range of 80 to 100 kv show that the interelectrode prebreakdown current is composed chiefly of negatively charged particles. With aluminum electrodes the negative particles outnumber the positive particles (ions) by at least 300 to 1. With steel electrodes, the ratio is greater than 1000 to 1.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Role of Positive Ions in High-Voltage Breakdown in VacuumJournal of Applied Physics, 1955
- The Insulation of High Voltages in VacuumJournal of Applied Physics, 1947