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Vacuum arcs : theory and application

J. M. Lafferty, editor (corporate Research and Development Center, General Electric Company) ; contributors, James D. Cobine ... [et al.]

Wiley, c1980

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"A Wiley-Interscience publication."

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

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Leading experts examine the theory, principles, and recent applications of vacuum arc devices, with special attention to the intensive research and development on the high-power vacuum circuit interrupter conducted at the General Electric Research and Development Center. Covers all important aspects of vacuum discharges: the wide variety of breakdown processes; Arc ignition by plasma triggering; the arc cathode; the emission process at the arc anode; high-current anode processes; and commercial and non-commercial applications of vacuum interrupters.

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