Electrical Breakdown in Vacuum: New Experimental Observations
- 1 April 1965
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 36 (4) , 1314-1319
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1714302
Abstract
Electrode geometry effects neglected by previous investigators are shown to be significant for electrical breakdown in vacuum for gap lengths 0 to 1 mm exhibiting breakdown at 0 to 60 kV for Al, Cu, and stainless steel electrodes. In particular, data demonstrating curvature, area, and polarity effects are reported. The effects of material transfer, particle inertia, protrusion formation, erosion, and patterned deposits are also reported.This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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