HIGH VOLTAGE ELECTRODES
Abstract
S>This patent relates to electrode structure for creating an intense direct current electric field which may have a field strength of the order of two to three times that heretofore obtained, with automatic suppression of arcing. The positive electrode is a conventional conductive material such as copper while the negative electrode is made from a special material having a resistivity greater than that of good conductors and less than that of good insulators. When an incipient arc occurs, the moderate resistivity of the negative electrode causes a momentary, localized decrease in the electric field intensity, thus suppressing the flow of electrons and avoiding arcing. Heated glass may be utilized for the negative electrode, since it provides the desired combination of resistivity, capacity, dielectric strength, mechani-cal strength, and thermal stability. (AEC)
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- OSTI Identifier:
- 4712631
- Patent Number(s):
- 3087056
- Assignee:
- U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01J - ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
- NSA Number:
- NSA-17-018255
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-63
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- ENGINEERING AND EQUIPMENT; ANODES; CAPACITORS; CATHODES; COPPER; CURRENTS; DIELECTRICS; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC ARCS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODES; ELECTRON BEAMS; HEATING; STABILITY; TENSILE PROPERTIES
Citation Formats
Murray, J J. HIGH VOLTAGE ELECTRODES. United States: N. p., 1963.
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Murray, J J. HIGH VOLTAGE ELECTRODES. United States.
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"HIGH VOLTAGE ELECTRODES". United States.
@article{osti_4712631,
title = {HIGH VOLTAGE ELECTRODES},
author = {Murray, J J},
abstractNote = {S>This patent relates to electrode structure for creating an intense direct current electric field which may have a field strength of the order of two to three times that heretofore obtained, with automatic suppression of arcing. The positive electrode is a conventional conductive material such as copper while the negative electrode is made from a special material having a resistivity greater than that of good conductors and less than that of good insulators. When an incipient arc occurs, the moderate resistivity of the negative electrode causes a momentary, localized decrease in the electric field intensity, thus suppressing the flow of electrons and avoiding arcing. Heated glass may be utilized for the negative electrode, since it provides the desired combination of resistivity, capacity, dielectric strength, mechani-cal strength, and thermal stability. (AEC)},
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year = {1963},
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