• DocumentCode
    1405612
  • Title

    Solving the mystery of mercury arc rectifiers

  • Author

    Hull, Albert W. ; Brown, Herbert D.

  • Author_Institution
    Both of General Electric Co., Schenectady, N. Y.
  • Volume
    50
  • Issue
    10
  • fYear
    1931
  • Firstpage
    788
  • Lastpage
    793
  • Abstract
    The three factors most important in mercury arc rectifiers are vapor pressure, arc-drop, and geometry of the anode housing. Investigations of such factors described in this article, have increased the capacity of rectifiers considerably and made it possible to eliminate several undesirable features of their operation.
  • Keywords
    Anodes; Electric potential; Electron tubes; Rectifiers; Resistance; Temperature;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electrical Engineering
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0095-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/EE.1931.6429456
  • Filename
    6429456