Note: Front Cover -- Gaseous Dielectrics II -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- PREFACE -- GASEOUS DIELECTRICS II -- CHAPTER 1. BASIC PHYSICS OF GASEOUS DIELECTRICS -- IONIC AND ELECTRONIC PROCESSES IN SULFUR HEXAF LUORIDE -- CALCULATION OF ELECTRIC FIELD-INDUCED DETACHMENT RATE OF ELECTRONS FROM MONONEGATIVE IONS -- RELEVANCE TO GASEOUS DIELECTRICS -- ELECTRON SWARM DATA RELEVANT TO HIGH-VOLTAGE INSULATION -- A CRITIQUE OF METHODS FOR CALCULATING THE DIELECTRIC STRENGTH OF GAS MIXTURES AND A PROPOSED TEST FOR η-SYNERGISM -- CHAPTER 2. BASIC MECHANISMS: CORONA AND BREAKDOWN IN AIR -- ZONE OF INFLUENCE OF THE STREAMER AT THE CATHODE OF A POSITIVE POINT TO PLANE CORONA DISCHARGE IN AIR -- RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF ACTIVE SYNCHRONOUS COMPONENT IN THE CURRENT OF A CORONA DISCHARGE -- POSSIBLE INTERPRETATION OF THE GAS DISCHARGE STRUCTURE IN A ROD/PLANE GAP -- BREAKDOWN AND V-I CHARACTERISTICS OF DRY AIR BELOW PASCHEN MINIMUM IN CROSSED ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC FIELDS -- CHAPTER 3. BASIC MECHANISMS: DISCHARGE PROCESSES IN SF6 -- IMPULSE BREAKDOWN AND PREBREAKDOWN CORONA PROCESSES IN SF6 AND SF6/N2 MIXTURES -- THE RELATION BETWEEN LUMINOUS PHENOMENA AND DISCHARGE MECHANISM IN SF6 -- ELECTRICAL BREAKDOWN IN COMPRESSED SF6 BETWEEN HIGHLY POLISHED ELECTRODES -- EFFECT OF POLARITY ON THE BREAKDOWN VOLTAGE OF GAS GAPS -- CHAPTER 4. NEW GASEOUS DIELECTRICS -- NEW UNITARY AND MULTICOMPONENT GASEOUS DIELECTRICS -- THE BREAKDOWN BEHAVIOUR OF SOME NEW GASES AND GAS MIXTURES IN UNIFORM AND NONUNIFORM FIELDS -- ELECTRIC STRENGTH OF SOME GASES AND GAS MIXTURES -- DC BREAKDOWN STRENGTHS OF SOME MULTICOMPONENT GAS MIXTURES IN CONCENTRIC CYLINDER GEOMETRIES -- PASCHEN CHARACTERISTICS OF GASES IN A CROSSED MAGNETIC FIELD -- CHAPTER 5. IMPULSE BREAKDOWN -- ELECTRICAL BREAKDOWN STUDIES OF SF6/C02/FLUOR0CARBON MIXTURES. , IMPULSE BREAKDOWN OF CORRUGATED COAXIAL ELECTRODES IN COMPRESSED SF6 -- IMPULSE BREAKDOWN OF c-C4F8/SF6 and c-C4F8/SF6/N2 -- CHAPTER 6. SURFACE EFFECTS -- EVALUATION OF THE EFFECT OF SURFACE DEFECTS ON BREAKDOWN IN STRONGLY ELECTRONEGATIVE GASES OR GAS MIXTURES -- INFLUENCE OF COATING POLISHED AND ROUGH ELECTRODES ON THE IMPULSE AND AC BREAKDOWN OF SF6 -- ELECTRODE-AREA AND SURFACE-ROUGHNESS EFFECTS ON BREAKDOWN OF SF6/N2 MIXTURES -- FLASHOVER STUDIES IN SF6-N2 MIXTURES USING DIRECT APPLIED VOLTAGES -- THE EFFECT OF SURFACE ROUGHNESS ON THE AC CORONA ONSET VOLTAGE FOR CYLINDRICAL CONDUCTORS IN AIR -- CHAPTER 7. EFFECTS OF PARTICLES -- INFLUENCE OF CONDUCTIVE PARTICLES ON THE DC-VOLTAGE STRENGTH OF SPACERS IN COMPRESSED SF6 -- INFLUENCE OF A CONDUCTING PARTICLE ATTACHED TO AN EPOXY RESIN SPACER ON THE BREAKDOWN VOLTAGE OF COMPRESSED-GAS INSULATION -- EFFECTS OF PARTICLE CONTAMINATION IN SF6 CGIT SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF PARTICLE CONTROL AND ELIMINATION -- PARTICLE TRAPS IN GAS-INSULATED SYSTEMS -- ELECTROSTATICS OF PARTICLE CONTROL IN GAS-INSULATED APPARATUS -- CHAPTER 8. DECOMPOSITION, AGING, AND SIMULATION -- THERMAL AGING OF DIELECTRIC GASES -- PREDICTION OF ELECTRICAL BREAKDOWN CARBONIZATION OF GASES AND GAS MIXTURES -- PARTIAL-DISCHARGE PULSE HEIGHT DISTRIBUTIONS AND FREQUENCIES FOR POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE DC CORONA IN SF6 AND SF6-N2 MIXTURES -- THE APPLICATION OF CHARGE SIMULATION METHOD TO THREE DIMENSIONAL ASYMMETRIC FIELD WITH TWO DIELECTRIC MEDIA -- CHAPTER 9. STANDARDS AND TESTING -- TEST ELECTRODES FOR MEASURING THE INTRINSIC INSULATING STRENGTH OF GASES -- HIGH VOLTAGE TESTING OF METAL-ENCLOSED, GAS-INSULATED SUBSTATIONS ON-SITE WITH OSCILLATING SWITCHING IMPULSE VOLTAGES -- IMPLICATIONS IN LONG-TERM FIELD TESTING OF GAS-INSULATED EQUIPMENT -- TRANSIENT HIGH VOLTAGES ON THE GROUNDED ENCLOSURES OF GAS-INSULATED TRANSMISSION EQUIPMENT. , PARTIAL DISCHARGE LOCATION IN GAS-INSULATED SWITCHGEAR -- THE MEASUREMENT OF D C VOLTAGES UP TO 1 MV USING SPHERE-GAPS AND ROD-GAPS -- SWITCHING SURGE DISCHARGE CHARACTERISTICS OF LARGE CONDUCTOR - TOWER AIR GAPS -- A SOLUTION TO LAPLACE'S EQUATION FOR HYPERBOLOIDAL ELECTRODES WITH APPLICATIONS TO DIELECTRIC TESTING IN NONUNIFORM ELECTRIC FIELDS -- CHAPTER 10. GAS-INSULATED EQUIPMENT -- THE FUTURE TESTING NEEDS OF GAS-INSULATED SUBSTATIONS -- EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF THE BREAKDOWN CHARACTERISTICS OF LARGE SCALE GAS-INSULATED SYSTEMS -- PARTIAL DISCHARGE INCEPTION AND BREAKDOWN STUDIES ON MODEL SHEET-WOUND, COMPRESSED SF6 GAS-IMPREGNATED POLYMER FILM-INSULATED WINDINGS -- DYNAMICS OF POWER ARCS IN CO-AXIAL ELECTRODE GEOMETRY -- CHAPTER 11. BIOENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS -- ASPECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF DIELECTRIC GASES -- ASSESSMENT OF POTENTIAL HEALTH EFFECTS OF DIELECTRIC GASES -- THE TOXICOLOGY OF CERTAIN GASEOUS FLUOROCARBONS -- TESTING AND EVALUATION CF CHEMICAL HAZARDS UNDER THE TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL ACT -- CHAPTER 12. FORUMS -- FORUM I: FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS IN GASEOUS DIELECTRICS -- FORUM I I : FUTURE DIRECTIONS IN GAS-INSULATED APPARATUS -- List of Attendees -- AUTHOR INDEX.

Note: Front Cover -- Gaseous Dielectrics III -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- PREFACE -- CHAPTER 1. BASIC PHYSICS OF GASEOUS DIELECTRICS -- ELASTIC SCATTERING DATA FOR ELECTRONS IN ATTACHING GASES -- ABSTRACT -- KEYWORDS -- INTRODUCTION -- EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES AND FACTORS LIMITING DATA ACCURACY -- DATA FOR ATTACHING GASES -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- REFERENCES -- DISCUSSION -- PRESSURE-DEPENDENT ELECTRON ATTACHMENT RATES IN PERFLUOROALKANES AND PERFLUOROPROPYLENE (1-C3F6) AND THEIR EFFECT ON THE BREAKDOWN STRENGTH OF THESE GASES -- ABSTRACT -- KEYWORDS -- INTRODUCTION -- ELECTRON ATTACHMENT STUDIES -- BREAKDOWN MEASUREMENTS IN 1-C3F6 -- DISCUSSION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- REFERENCES -- DISCUSSION -- MOBILITY AND RECOMBINATION OF IONS AND THE EFFECTIVE IONIZATION COEFFICIENT IN HEXAFLUOROPROPENE (C3F6) -- ABSTRACT -- KEYWORDS -- INTRODUCTION -- EXPERIMENTAL -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- REFERENCES -- DISCUSSION -- THE CONTROL OF BREAKDOWN AND RECOVERY IN GASES BY PULSED ELECTRON BEAMS -- ABSTRACT -- KEY WORDS -- INTRODUCTION -- DESCRIPTION OF THE EXPERIMENT -- EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS -- REFERENCES -- DISCUSSION -- ELECTRON ATTACHMENT IN FREON IN THE ABSENCE OF IONIZATION USING MIXTURES OF FREON AND INERT GASES -- ABSTRACT -- KEYWORDS -- INTRODUCTION -- EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUE -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- AN ANALYTIC FORMULATION OF ELECTRON DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION FROM TRANSPORT COEFFICIENTS OF ELECTRON SWARM -- ABSTRACT -- KEYWORDS -- I INTRODUCTION -- II SOLUTION TO BOLTZMANN EQUATION BY THE MULTIPLE COLLISIONS METHOD -- III APPLICATION TO THE DETERMINATION OF f(v) WITH A CONSTANT COLLISION FREQUENCY -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 2. BASIC MECHANISMS: PREBREAKDOWN -- STREAMER-TO-SPARK TRANSITION IN SHORT POINT-TO-PLANE GAPS -- ABSTRACT -- KEYWORDS -- INTRODUCTION -- EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE. , ATTACHMENT RATE MEASUREMENTS -- CRITICAL STREAMER ENERGY FOR SPARK TRANSITION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- DISCUSSION -- ABOUT THE VALIDITY OF STREAMER MECHANISM IN COMPRESSED GASES -- ABSTRACT -- KEYWORDS -- INTRODUCTION -- TEST PROCEDURE -- TEST CONDITIONS -- PERFORMANCE OF THE MEASUREMENTS -- RECONSTRUCTION OF PREDISCHARGE DEVELOPMENT -- DISCUSSION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- REFERENCES -- DISCUSSION -- CORONA STABILIZATION IN SF6-/N2- MIXTURES UNDER IMPULSE CONDITIONS -- ABSTRACT -- KEYWORDS -- INTRODUCTION -- EXPERIMENTAL -- RESULTS AND INTERPRETATION -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- REFERENCES -- DISCUSSION -- CORONA AND BREAKDOWN IN COAXIAL-ELECTRODE GEOMETRY IN SF6 AND SF6/N2 MIXTURES -- ABSTRACT -- KEYWORDS -- INTRODUCTION -- EXPERIMENTAL -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- DISCUSSION -- A STUDY OF PREBREAKDOWN PROCESSES INFLUENCING THE VOLT-TIME CHARACTERISTICS OF GASEOUS INSULATION -- ABSTRACT -- KEY WORDS -- INTRODUCTION -- APPARATUS AED PROCEDURE -- CURRENT PULSE SHAPES -- ABSORPTION COEFFICIENTS -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- DISCUSSION -- MASS SPECTROMETRY OF LOW ENERGY IONS EXTRACTED FROM MEDIUM PRESSURE AIR CORONAS -- ABSTRACT -- KEYWORDS -- INTRODUCTION -- APPARATUS AND TESTING CONDITIONS -- THE BLOCKING EFFECT AND THE SANDWICH EXTRACTION FOIL -- SYSTEMATIC EVALUATION OF Al(Au), Mo AND SS EXTRACTION FOILS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- DC AND PULSE COMPONENTS OF POSITIVE CORONA CURRENT FROM TWO INTERACTING NEEDLES IN AIR -- ABSTRACT -- KEYWORDS -- INTRODUCTION -- EXPERIMENTAL SET UP AND TECHNIQUE -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 3. BASIC MECHANISMS: BREAKDOWN -- NON-UNIFORM FIELD BREAKDOWN : ENGINEERING MODELS -- ABSTRACT -- KEYWORDS -- INTRODUCTION -- CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS I -- CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS II -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- DISCUSSION. , DIELECTRIC STRENGTH OF ELECTRONEGATIVE GASES IN NON-UNIFORM FIELD : ROLE OF THE VIBRATIONAL EXCITATION -- ABSTRACT -- KEYWORDS -- INTRODUCTION -- EQUATIONS FOR THE DISCHARGE SIMULATION -- ANALYSIS IN AIR -- DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- DISCUSSION -- PRESSURE DEPENDENCE OF DC BREAKDOWN VOLTAGE AND CURRENT FOR SF6 IN THE INHOMOGENEOUS FIELD -- ABSTRACT -- KEYWORDS -- INTRODUCTION -- EXPERIMENTAL -- RESULTS -- REMARKS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCE -- DISCUSSION -- DIELECTRIC STRENGTH OF SF6 IN DIVERGENT FIELD CONFIGURATION -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- DESCRIPTION OF TEST FIXTURE AND ELECTRODES -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- SPARKING POTENTIALS CALCULATED FROM THE ELECTRON - MOLECULE COLLISION PROPERTIES OF GASES -- ABSTRACT -- KEYWORDS -- INTRODUCTION -- ENERGY DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION -- APPROXIMATIONS FOR CALCULATING THE BREAKDOWN POTENTIAL -- APPLICATIONS TO THE CALCULATION OF α,η AND THE SPARKING POTENTIAL -- REFERENCES -- SPECTROSCOPIC STUDY OF LOW PRESSURE FLUORINE-CONTAINING GAS DISCHARGE -- ABSTRACT -- KEYWORDS -- INTRODUCTION -- EXPERIMENTAL APPARATUS -- EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 4. NEW GASEOUS DIELECTRICS -- TERNARY GAS DIELECTRICS -- ABSTRACT -- KEYWORDS -- ALTERNATIVE GASES TO SF6 -- CHOICE OF THE COMPONENT GASES -- REDUCTION OF THE PFC CARBONIZATION AND THE SF6 PRODUCT FORMATION PROBLEMS IN PFC, SF6 MIXTURES -- IMPULSE BREAKDOWN CHARACTERISTICS -- DC NONUNIFORM FIELD PROPERTIES -- OPTIMIZATION OF THE DIELECTRIC STRENGTH OF THE TERNARY GAS DIELECTRIC -- DEW POINTS AND RELATIVE COSTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- REFERENCES -- DISCUSSION -- HIGH DIELECTRIC STRENGTH GAS MIXTURES COMPRISING SULPHUR HEXAFLUORIDE, CARBON MONOXIDE AND OCTAFLUOROCYCLOBUTANE -- ABSTRACT -- KEYWORDS -- INTRODUCTION -- EXPERIMENTAL SETUP AND PROCEDURE -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSIONS. , REFERENCES -- DISCUSSION -- HOMOGENEOUS FIELD BREAKDOWN STRENGTH CHARACTERISTICS OF SOME DIELECTRIC GASES -- ABSTRACT -- KEYWORDS -- INTRODUCTION -- APPARATUS -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- REFERENCES -- IMPULSE BREAKDOWN IN SF6, SF6/N2 AND SF6/N2/PERFLUOROCARBON MIXTURES -- ABSTRACT -- KEYWORDS -- INTRODUCTION -- EXPERIMENTAL APPARATUS -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSIONS AND CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- REFERENCES -- A UNIFIED APPROACH FOR CALCUIATION OF BREAKDOWN VOLTAGES OF MIXTURES OF ELECTRON-ATTACHING GASES -- ABSTRACT -- KEYWORDS -- INTRODUCTION -- ANALYSIS -- DISCUSSION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 5. IMPULSE BREAKDOWN -- PRACTICAL PROBLEMS OF IMPULSE BREAKDOWN REQUIRING A PHYSICAL APPROACH -- ABSTRACT -- KEYWORDS -- INTRODUCTION -- SWITCHING IMPULSE WITH VERY LOW DISCHARGE PROBABILITY -- EFFECT OF ATMOSPHERIC CHARACTERISTICS ON SPARKOVER VOLTAGES -- LIGHTNING DISCHARGES TO OVERHEAD LINES -- SPARKOVER VOLT TIME CURVES FOR AIR INSULATION IN THE MICROSECOND RANGE -- LIGHTNING IMPULSE DIELECTRIC STRENGTH CIRCUIT - BREAKERS OF VACUUM -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- DISCUSSION -- CRITICAL AVALANCHE SIZE FOR IMPULSE BREAKDOWN IN QUASI-UNIFORM FIELD SF6 GAPS -- ABSTRACT -- KEY WORDS -- INTRODUCTION -- PROPOSED METHOD OF PREDICTING THE AVERAGE V-T CHARACTERISTICS OF A GAS GAP -- DEFINITION OF THE CRITICAL AVALANCHE -- DETERMINATION OF THE CRITICAL AVALANCHE SIZE -- EVALUATION OF THE V-T CHARACTERISTICS -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- DISCUSSION -- TIME LAGS IN SF6 UNDER IMPULSE CONDITIONS -- ABSTRACT -- KEYWORDS -- INTRODUCTION -- CRITICAL VOLUME APPROACH - VON LAUE DIAGRAMS -- OPERATING CONDITIONS -- CONDITIONING EFFECT -- SURVEY OF ELECTRON SOURCES IN STABILIZED GAS -- VALIDITY OF THE CRITICAL VOLUME CONCEPT - COMPUTATION OF D -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- DISCUSSION. , PARAMETERS INFLUENCING THE SWITCHING SURGE STRENGTH OF TRANSMISSION LINE AIR INSULATION -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- BREAKDOWN MECHANISM -- BREAKDOWN PARAMETERS -- CRITICAL IMPULSE SHAPE -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- DISCUSSION -- AIR INSULATION BEHAVIOUR UNDER OSCILLATING IMPULSES -- ABSTRACT -- KEYWORDS -- INTRODUCTION -- EXPERIMENTAL ARRANGEMENT -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- POSITIVE SWITCHING IMPULSE BREAKDOWN OF SPHERE-PLANE GAPS IN DRY AND MOIST AIR -- ABSTRACT -- KEYWORDS -- APPARATUS -- OBJECTIVES -- RESULTS -- COMMENTS ON THE CARRARA-THIONE BREAKDOWN MODEL OF LONG AIR GAP DURING POSITIVE SWITCHING SURGES -- ABSTRACT -- KEYWORDS -- INTRODUCTION -- CARRARA'S DISCHARGE MODEL -- DISCUSSION OF THE CRITERION OF EQUIVALENCE OF CRITICAL RADIUS Rc -- DISCUSSION OF THE EQUIVALENT CRITERION FOR THE DETERMINATION OF THE LEADER PROPAGATING VOLTAGE OF ANY ELECTRODE Δυl (COEFFICIENT β) -- EXAMPLE -- EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 6. TIME LAGS AND V-t CHARACTERISTICS -- FORMATIVE TIME LAG IN SF6 AND N2 -- ABSTRACT -- KEYWORDS -- INTRODUCTION -- TEST METHOD AND TEST PERFORMANCE -- TEST RESULTS -- DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- DISCUSSION -- VOLTAGE-TIME CHARACTERISTICS OF BREAKDOWN IN SF6 -- ABSTRACT -- KEYWORDS -- INTRODUCTION -- RESULTS -- VOLTAGE-TIME CHARACTERISTICS FOR A 550 kV, 9 m LONG CGIT SYSTEM -- DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- REFERENCES -- DISCUSSION -- THE STATISTICAL TIME-LAG TO SPARK BREAKDOWN IN HIGH PRESSURE SF6 -- ABSTRACT -- KEYWORDS -- INTRODUCTION -- THEORETICAL -- EXPERIMENTAL -- RESULTS -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- DISCUSSION -- STATISTICAL VOLTAGE-TIME CURVES OF AN SF6-INSULATED COAXIAL-CYLINDER GAP -- ABSTRACT -- KEY WORDS -- INTRODUCTION -- EXPERIMENTAL SETUP AND TEST PROCEDURES -- EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSIONS. , REFERENCES.

Note: Front Cover -- Gaseous Dielectrics V -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- PREFACE -- CHAPTER 1: BASIC PHYSICS OF GASEOUS DIELECTRICS -- Excitation and Ionization Coefficients -- Discussion -- Laser-Enhanced Electron Attachment and Its Possible Application for Optical Switching -- Discussion -- Galvanooptical Measurement of Photodetachment from Negative Ion Swarms in Oxygen -- Discussion -- Electron Collision Cross Sections for C F and N 0 -- Discussion -- A Macroscopic Model of Electron Swarm Motion in Non-equilibrium Regions -- Non-Equilibrium Description of Electrons in a Gas Influenced by Space-Time Varying Electric Fields -- Temperature Dependent Electron Transport and Rate Coefficient Studies for e-Beam-Sustained Diffuse Gas Discharge Switching -- Time Dependent Conductivity Studies of Electron Thermalisation in Simple Gases -- CHAPTER 2. BASIC MECHANISMS -- Breakdown Mechanisms in Electronegative Gases -- Discussion -- Predischarge Development in N2 and SF6 at High Gas Pressures -- Discussion -- Effect of Temperature on the Uniform Field Breakdown Strength of Electronegative Gases -- Discussion -- The Influence of Thermal Ionization on Electrical Breakdown -- Discussion -- Contribution to a Unified Theory of the Leader Processes -- Discussion -- The Influence of Thermal Ionization on Electrical Breakdown -- Discussion -- Contribution to a Unified Theory of the Leader Processes -- Discussion -- Mechanism of a Short Gap Breakdown -- Experimental Investigation of the Streamer to Leader Transition in SF6 Under Negative Polarity -- Modeling of Leader Branching in Electronegative Gases -- The Leader Inception Characteristics in Positive Sphere-Plane Air Gaps -- Velocity Measurements in Mixtures of SF6 and N2 in Non-Uniform Field Gaps Under Positive Impulse Voltage -- CHAPTER 3: GAS DECOMPOSITION/REACTIONS/TOXICITY. , Decomposition of SF6 by Arc Discharge and the Determination of the Reaction Product S2 F10 -- Discussion -- Corona-Induced Decomposition of Dielectric Gases -- Discussion -- Investigations of the Toxicological Action of Spark- Decomposed SF6 in Mammalian Cells -- Discussion -- Degradation of the Dielectric Properties of SF6 Due to the Presence of Gaseous Impurities -- Deviations to the "Paschen's Law" at High Pressures for Positive Polarity -- Discussion -- The Influence of Impurities on the Dielectric Strength of SF6 for Positive Polarity -- The Nature of Initiatory Electrons -- Formation and Stability of SF6 and S2 F10 -- SOF4 Production in Spark Breakdown of SF6/O2 Mixtures -- Assay of SF6 and Spark-Decomposed SF6 for Mutagenic Activity in the CHO/HGPRT Mammalian Cell System -- CHAPTER 4: DIAGNOSTICS/FIELD PROBES -- Gas Analysis as a Diagnostic Tool for Gas-Insulated Equipment -- Discussion -- On the Possibility of Diagnostics of GCB and GIS by Gas Chromatography -- Discussion -- On the Electrostatics of Probe Measurements of Surface Charge Densities -- Discussion -- Measurement of Accumulated Charge on Dielectric Surfaces with an Electrostatic Probe -- Discussion -- The Effect of Humidity on Space Charge Growth in Short Air Gaps -- Laser Probing of Air Gaps Under AC Conditions -- CHAPTER 5. GASES/MIXTURES FOR GIS TRANSFORMERS AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS -- Predicting the Breakdown Strength of Mixtures from Basic Data -- Discussion -- The Dielectric Strength of Dichlorotetrafluoroethane (1,2-C2 CI2 F4) Determined in a Combined Swarm/Breakdown Study -- Discussion -- The Influence of Gaseous Admixtures to SF6 on the Corona Stabilized Regime at AC and at Positive Impulse Voltage -- Discussion -- Nonuniform Field Corona and Breakdown Characteristics of SF6/Freon Mixtures -- Discussion. , Effect of a Trichlorotrifluoroethane Vapor Additive on Dielectric Strength of SF6 Gas -- Measurement of the Figure of Merit M for Several Perfluorocarbon Gases -- Breakdown Voltage Measurement of Some Vapor-Mist Dielectrics -- CHAPTER 6: GASEOUS MEDIA FOR DISCHARGE CHEMISTRY AND ETCHING/CORON -- Gaseous Media for Plasma Chemistry and Etching -- Discussion -- Practical Implications of Dry Plasma Processing -- Discussion -- Important Considerations for Optimizing Production Rates in RF Discharge Chemistry -- Discussion -- Negative DC Corona Discharge in SF6 for Highly Divergent Fields -- Discussion -- Calculation of Corona Onset Voltage with Space Charge Effect -- DC Corona Control in Coaxial Gas Insulating Systems -- CHAPTER 7. GAS ENGINEERING FOR PULSED POWER AND SWITCHING -- Gas Engineering for Pulsed Power and Switching -- Discussion -- Penning Ionization Ternary Gas Mixtures for Diffuse Discharge Opening Switches -- Discussion -- Gas Mixtures for Spark Gap Closing Switches with Emphasis on Efficiency of Operation -- Discussion -- The Influence of Transverse Magnetic Fields on Glow Discharges in He/SF6 Gas Mixtures -- Discussion -- Analysis of the Cathode Fall of Glow Discharges in a He/SF6 Gas Mixture -- Gas Engineering Studies for High Pressure Self-Sustained Diffuse Discharge Closing Switches -- Diffuse Discharges in High-Pressure Mixtures of c-C4 F8 and He -- CHAPTER 8. GAS BREAKDOWN UNDER STEEP-FRONTED VOLTAGES -- Statistical Breakdown Process in SF6 and Breakdown Voltage Calculations -- Discussion -- Formative Time Lags in SF6 N2 Mixtures for Different Field Distribution -- Discussion -- Voltage-Time Characteristics of Impulse Breakdown in SF6 Gas -- Discussion -- Spacer Flashover Time Lags in SF6 Under Fast-Front Impulse Voltages -- Discussion -- Breakdown Voltage-Time Characteristics in SF6 Mixtures for a Coaxial Cylinder Gap. , Effect of Field Divergence on the Lightning Impulse Breakdown of Rod-Plane Gaps in N2/SF6 Mixtures -- Free Particle Initiated Breakdown of SF6 Under Voltages of Different Time Dependence -- CHAPTER 9. NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN GAS-INSULATED EQUIPMENT/GAS HANDLING -- Development of ±500 kV HVDC Gas-Insulated Switchgears -- Discussion -- A Manufacturer's Experience in the Cyclic Use of SF6 Gas -- Discussion -- Volt-Time Curves of Disconnector-Generated Fast Transients inside GIS -- Discussion -- Insulation Characteristics of Separate Cooling Sheet Winding-Type Gas-Insulated Transformer -- Discussion -- Recovery Strength of SF6-Insulated Gaps Stressed by Double Lighting Impulse Voltages -- Conduction Currents in Gas-Insulated Switchgear for Low Level DC Stress -- Effects of Electrode Surface Roughness on Dark Current and Switching Impulse Breakdown Voltage in Compressed SF6 Gas -- Mixing Rates and Diffusion of Various Gases and Moisture into SF6 -- CHAPTER 10. GAS/INSULATOR INTERFACE/FLASHOVER -- Surface Changes Induced by Low Kinetic Energy Products from Corona Discharge on Epoxy Resin in Air -- Discussion -- Avalanches Near a Dielectric Spacer in Nitrogen Gas -- Discussion -- Measurement of the Temporal Decay of Charges on Insulator Surfaces -- Discussion -- Effect of Ribs on Surface Discharge in SF6 Gas -- Discussion -- Application of ESCA in GIS Spacer Surface Analysis -- Discussion -- Study of the Charge Build-up on Dielectrics Submitted to Corona Discharge and Ageing Effects -- Influence of 60 Hz AC Charging of Spacers on Subsequent Impulse Flashover in Compressed SF6 -- Surface Flashover of Polyester, Polypropylene, and Teflon Films in Low Pressure SF6 and N2 Media -- Research on Conductor-Plane Long-Gap Characteristics by Surface Discharge Analogy Model. , The Surface and Volume Effects of Interactions of Internal Partial Discharges with Solid Dielectrics -- CHAPTER 11. QUALITY CONTROL IN TESTING GAS-INSULATED APPARATUS -- Fundamental Knowledge and the Testing of GIS -- Discussion -- Flashover Damage Test Procedure for Insulating Materials in Compressed SF6 -- Discussion -- Strength of Typical GIS Configurations with Special Reference to Composite and Combined Stresses -- Discussion -- Limits to Partial Discharge Detection -- Discussion -- Broad Band Pulse Detection Studies of Corona and Breakdown in Air, N2, O2, CO2 AND SF6 and SF6 -N2 Mixtures -- CHAPTER 12: REPORTS OF DISCUSSION GROUPS -- Group Discussion on New Diagnostic Techniques -- Group Discussion on Gas-Insulated Transformers and DC GIS -- Group Discussion on Gas Engineering for Modern Technologies: Input from Basic Data -- LIST OF PARTICIPANTS -- PHOTOGRAPHS OF PARTICIPANTS -- AUTHOR INDEX.