High-field conductivity in liquid paraffin
- 11 November 1975
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics
- Vol. 8 (16) , 2002-2012
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3727/8/16/012
Abstract
The paper gives experimental results showing the dependence of conduction currents and current pulses in liquid paraffin on temperature, dissolved gases, aromatic additives and hydrostatic pressure. The results support the theory that a gaseous phase is evolved at some stage in the breakdown of hydrocarbon liquids. The gaseous phase is most likely hydrogen bubbles produced by dissociation of the liquid molecules by energetic electrons.Keywords
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