Acoustic phenomena in erosion of spark-gap electrodes
- 1 April 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 36 (7) , 536-537
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.91570
Abstract
Experiments have been conducted to show that acoustic waves generated in the electrode material may cause an order‐of‐magnitude increase in the rate of electrode erosion. This increase is due to the arrival of reflected acoustic waves at the electrode surface while arc ’’spots’’ are still molten.Keywords
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