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Conduction in dielectric liquids has been reviewed many times (Lewis, 1959; Sharbaugh and Watson, 1962; Félici, 1971; Gallagher, 1975). Since then, few major improvements of the understanding of conduction mechanisms have been achieved: all the possible mechanisms had been previously put forward. The main contribution of the latest works has been the experimental verification of some of the above models and, more especially, the definition of their domains of validity. There are many reasons for such a slow progress. It is impossible to control the nature and concentration of impurities acting on the electric conduction of very resistive liquids, conductivity remaining more sensitive to impurities than physicochemical techniques. Industry uses liquid insulants only for particular applications; they were essentially mineral oil and chlorobiphenyl liquids which gave full satisfaction, and it needed the prohibition of the PCBs to bring about a new interest in conduction studies.
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Gosse, J.P. (1988). Electric Conduction in Dielectric 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_20
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