Vacuum Arcs: Theory and Applications

By: Lafferty, James M.

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471065064
• ISBN13: 9780471065067
• Release Date: January 1980
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 372 Pages
• Weight: 0.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.3" x 9.4"