Activation of Electrical Contacts by Organic Vapors
- 1 May 1957
- journal article
- website
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in Bell System Technical Journal
- Vol. 36 (3), 769-812
- https://doi.org/10.1002/j.1538-7305.1957.tb03863.x
Abstract
Unreproducibility of earlier work on the erosion of relay contacts has been traced to the effects of organic vapors in the atmosphere. Carbon from decomposition of these vapors greatly alters the conditions under which an electric arc can be initiate...Keywords
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