• DocumentCode
    1015853
  • Title

    The Electric Strength of Air at High Pressure

  • Author

    Skilling, H.H.

  • Author_Institution
    Assistant professor of electrical engineering at Stanford University, Calif.
  • Volume
    58
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1939
  • fDate
    4/1/1939 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    161
  • Lastpage
    165
  • Abstract
    Experimental data show that the strength of compressed air as an insulator increases with pressure until a critical value is exceeded. At higher pressures the sparking voltage fails to rise, and may even drop. The maximum voltage and the critical pressure are largely dependent on the shape of the electrodes of the spark gap.
  • Keywords
    Circuit faults; Ferroresonance; Inductors; Iron; Pressure measurement; Voltage fluctuations;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    American Institute of Electrical Engineers, Transactions of the
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0096-3860
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/T-AIEE.1939.5057943
  • Filename
    5057943