• DocumentCode
    806840
  • Title

    Loss and recovery of hydrophobicity on RTV coating surfaces. Loss of hydrophobicity [comment and reply]

  • Author

    Danikas, M.G. ; Gubanski, Stanislaw

  • Author_Institution
    Democritus Univ. of Thrace, Xanthi
  • Volume
    2
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1995
  • fDate
    6/1/1995 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    506
  • Lastpage
    507
  • Abstract
    For original paper see ibid., vol. 1, no. 4, p. 601-4 (1994). Discusses the optimal contamination layer to be allowed on an RTV coated insulator. Is there at all such an optimal quantity? Does such an optimal contamination layer depend on the thickness of the RTV coating? The question of differences in silicone rubber properties to embed surface pollutants as well as to recover hydrophobicity has been analysed at length. Do the original authors have data which indicate the diffusion of the low molecular weight (LMW) fraction from thinner and thicker RTV coatings? A reply by the authors is appended
  • Keywords
    insulator contamination; insulator testing; silicone rubber; silicone rubber insulators; RTV coating surfaces; coating thickness; hydrophobicity; insulators; low molecular weight fraction; optimal contamination layer; silicone rubber properties; surface pollutants; Atmosphere; Coatings; Equations; Glass; Helium; Insulation; Pollution; Porcelain; Rubber; Surface contamination;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1070-9878
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/94.395409
  • Filename
    395409