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High voltage characterization of tin oxide varistors

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High current characterization of SnO2-based varistors have been carried out and the results obtained have been compared with those ZnO-based commercial surge arresters. It is shown that for a high temperature sintering (1350 °C), the leakage current, breakdown voltage and the saturation at high current density are similar between both types of surge arresters. The paper shows, for the first time, that the high breakdown voltage observed with tin dioxide cannot be easily maintained since the saturation of the ceramics is reached for current densities of several amperes per square centimetre.

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  1. Laboratoire Hydrazines et Procédés Lyon1-CNRS-Isochem (Groupe SNPE), UMR 5179 Bâtiment Berthollet, 22 Avenue Gaston Berger, 69 622, Villeurbanne, France

    Renaud Metz, Jonathan Morel & Mourad Houabes

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    Julien Pansiot & Merdad Hassanzadeh

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Metz, R., Morel, J., Houabes, M. et al. High voltage characterization of tin oxide varistors. J Mater Sci 42, 10284–10287 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-006-1089-1

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