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Streamers in Liquids

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The Liquid State and Its Electrical Properties

Part of the book series: NATO ASI Series ((NSSB,volume 193))

Abstract

Faults in devices subjected to an electric field are mostly due to electric breakdown of the insulations. Such a breakdown is the ultimate stage of irreversible processes which make any material switch from the insulating state to a conducting one (via an arc between two conductors). The situation is more or less catastrophic according to the nature of the insulator: solids, afterwards, are generally unable to sustain a further application of the voltage, whereas fluids (gases, liquids) can often do so, since they are easily renewed in the gap (by natural or forced convection).

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  1. Laboratoire d’Electrostatique et de Matériaux Diélectriques, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 166 X, 38042, Grenoble Cedex, France

    Robert E. Tobazéon

  2. Technologique et Médicale de Grenoble, Laboratoire Associé à l’Université Scientfique, France

    Robert E. Tobazéon

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    L. G. Christophorou

  3. Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren, Virginia, USA

    L. H. Luessen

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Tobazéon, R.E. (1988). Streamers in Liquids. In: Kunhardt, E.E., Christophorou, L.G., Luessen, L.H. (eds) The Liquid State and Its Electrical Properties. NATO ASI Series, vol 193. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-8023-8_19

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