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: GASEOUS DIELECTRICS IX -- Editor's page -- Copyright -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- SECTION 1: BASIC PHYSICS OF GASEOUS DIELECTRICS -- DYNAMICS OF LOW ENERGY ELECTRON COLLISIONS WITH MOLECULES AND CLUSTERS -- LOW ENERGY ELECTRON INTERACTION WITH MOLECULES AT SURFACES -- ION MOTION IN DIELECTRIC GASES -- Electron Mobility and Effective Ionization Coefficients in SF6-CO2 Mixtures -- ELECTRON TRANSPORT, IONIZATION, AND ATTACHMENT COEFFICIENTS IN C2F4 AND C2F4/AR MIXTURES -- RATE CONSTANTS FOR UNIMOLECULAR DECOMPOSITION OF SF6 -- ELECTRON DRIFT VELOCITIES IN THE MIXTURES OF CARBON DIOXIDE AND NITROGEN -- ELECTRON INTERACTIONS WITH c-C4F8 -- THERMAL ELECTRON CAPTURE BY SOME HALOCARBONS -- EXCESS ELECTRON MOBILITY IN ARGON GAS IN AN EXTENDED TEMPERATURE AND DENSITY RANGE -- IR FLUORESCENCE OF XE2 MOLECULES IN BEAM-EXCITED XE GAS AND AR-XE GAS MIXTURE AT HIGH PRESSURES -- Calculation of the Global Warming Potential for Sulfur Hexafluoride Using the Updated Atmospheric Lifetime from Moore, et al. -- SECTION 2: GASEOUS DIELECTRICS AS PLASMA PROCESSING GASES -- THE USE OF SF6 AS A PLASMA PROCESSING GAS -- AN INTEGRATED PLASMA EQUIPMENT - FEATURE EVOLUTION MODEL FOR THIN FILM ETCHING APPLICATIONS -- DEPOSITION OF PLASMA POLYMER FILMS BY AN ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE GLOW DISCHARGE -- CHEMISORBED CF3I ON A SILICON SURFACE -- ELECTRON COLLISION PROCESSES IN NITROGEN TRIFLUORIDE -- SECTION 3: MODELING AND SIMULATION OF GAS-DISCHARGE BEHAVIOR -- A HYBRID PIC-MCC/FLUID MODEL FOR STREAMER DISCHARGES UNDER HIGH GAS PRESSURES -- ELECTRICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF GAS DISCHARGES IN RELATION WITH THEIR PROPERTIES USING A NUMERICAL TREATMENT -- INITIATION OF LEADER IN LONG AIR GAPS AT QUASI-STEADY CORONA NEAR STRESSED ELECTRODE -- A PARTICLE-IN-CELL SIMULATION OF PLASMA OPENING SWITCH -- TWO DIMENSIONAL PARTICLE-IN-CELL SIMULATION OF PREDISCHARGE PHENOMENA ALONG AN INSULATOR. , EXPERIMENTAL STUDY AND MONTE CARLO SIMULATION ON LUMINOUS LAYERS IN NEON -- STEP-WISE PROPAGATION OF LONG STREAMER IN ELECTRONEGATIVE GASES -- FAST TIME RESOLVED MEASUREMENT AND SIMULATION OF CORONA -- SOME CONSIDERATIONS OF NEAR-EARTH SPACE AS A GASEOUS DIELECTRIC -- SECTION 4: PARTIAL DISCHARGES: BASIC MECHANISMS AND APPLICATIONS -- ELECTRICAL INSULATION DIAGNOSIS AND BREAKDOWN PREDICTION OF GAS INSULATED POWER APPARATUS BASED ON PARTIAL DISCHARGE MECHANISM -- LONG-TERM SEQUENTIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF NEGATIVE PARTIAL DISCHARGE IN PRESSURED SF6,GAS -- PD Inception and Breakdown Voltage Characteristics in PFC and SF6 gas mixtures -- INFLUENCE OF THE SURFACE ROUGHNESS ON THE SENSITIVITY OF THE UHF METHOD -- CORONA DISCHARGE PHENOMENOLOGY AT ONSET IN WEAKLY ELECTRONEGATIVE GAS MIXTURES -- PARTIAL DISCHARGE AND BREAKDOWN CHARACTERISTICS IN N2/O2 AND N2/CO2 GAS MIXTURES UNDER INHOMOGENEOUS ELECTRIC FIELD -- PARTIAL DISCHARGE AND BREAKDOWN MECHANISMS IN ULTRA-DILUTE SF6 AND PFC GASES WITH N2 GAS -- Variation of Partial Discharge Behavior of Epoxy Under Sealed Condition -- GENERAL CONSIDERATION FOR THE PARTIAL DISCHARGE DETECTION SENSITIVITY -- EXCIMER EMISSION FROM PULSED HIGH PRESSURE XENON GLOW DISCHARGES -- BENZENE DESTRUCTION IN DIRECT CURRENT ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE AIR GLOW DISCHARGES -- SECTION 5: NEW STUDIES OF DIELECTRIC GASES/MIXTURES -- THE DEVELOPMENT OF FAST SINGLE-SHOT AND REPETITIVELY-OPERATED SF6 CLOSING SWITCHES FOR PULSED-POWER APPLICATIONS -- APPLICATION OF FLUOROCARBON VAPOR TO ELECTRICAL INSULATION -- INSULATION PROPERTIES OF CO2/N2 GAS MIXTURE WITH A SMALL AMOUNT OF SF6 -- POSSIBILITY OF GAS MIXTURES CONTAINING c-C4F8 AS A SF6 SUBSTITUTE IN GAS INSULATION -- PARTIAL DISCHARGE MECHANISM AND CURRENT WAVEFORMS IN ELECTRONEGATIVE GASES AND GAS MIXTURES -- PRESSURE DEPENDENCE OF BREAKDOWN TIMES IN LOW PRESSURE GAS. , MULTIFRAME SCHLIEREN REGISTRATION OF SPATIAL STRUCTURE OF THE LEADER IN COMPRESSED SF6 -- EXPERIMENTAL VERIFICATION OF PARTICLE MOVEMENT MODELING IN A COAXIAL DIELECTRIC COATED ELECTRODE SYSTEM IN SF6 -- ELECTRICAL BREAKDOWN EXPERIMENTS IN AIR FOR MICROMETER GAPS UNDER VARIOUS PRESSURES -- STEP PROPAGATION MECHANISM OF IMPULSE CREEPAGE DISCHARGE IN N2/SF6 GAS MIXTURES -- Dielectric Properties of Gas Mixtures with Carbon Fluoride Gases and N2/CO2 -- STUDY ON INSULATION CAPABILITY OF HIGH TEMPERATURE GAS VIA LASER-PRODUCED PLASMA -- SECTION 6: HIGH PRESSURE GAS DIELECTRICS/MIXTURES -- LIGHTNING IMPPULSE BREAKDOWN CHARACTERISTICS OF HIGH-PRESSURE N2 AS AN ALTERNATIVE INSULATION GAS TO SF6 -- DIELECTRIC PERFORMANCE OF CO2 GAS COMPARED WITH N2 GAS -- Breakdown Strength of N2-SF6 Gas Mixtures Containing 10% and 5% SF6 Compared with pure SF6 -- THE EFFECT OF A PARTICLE CONTAMINATED SPACER SURFACE ON THE DIELECTRIC STRENGTH IN SF6/N2 GAS MIXTURES -- THE INFLUENCE OF SPACE-CHARGE ON THE BREAKDOWN IN SF6 -- SECTION 7: DECOMPOSITION OF DIELECTRIC GASES -- ABLATION IN SF6 CIRCUIT-BREAKER ARCS: PLASMA PROPERTIES AND BY-PRODUCTS FORMATION -- BYPRODUCTS IN THE INSULATING GASEOUS MATRIX OF A GIS -- STUDY OF THE DECOMPOSITION OF TRACES OF SF6 IN THE LOWER ATMOSPHERE: THE KINETIC RESULTS -- SPARK DECOMPOSITION OF SF6,SF6Nz (10:90 AND 5:95) MIXTURES IN THE PRESENCE OF METHANE (0-4%) OR ETHYLENE (0-2%) -- THEORETICAL ANALYSIS OF HYDROLYSIS OF SULFUR FLUORIDES SFn (n = 3-6) IN THE GAS PHASE -- SECTION 8: GAS-INSULATED EQUIPMENT I -- GIS VERSUS NON-GIS - A VALUE BASED COMPARISON -- DIELECTRIC STUDY AND DEVELPMENT OF GAS-INSULATED TRANSFORMER -- PERFORMANCE OF SF6 GAS MIXTURES IN HIGH-VOLTAGE CIRCUIT BREAKERS -- Interrupting Characteristics of Small Current Using NS/F6 Gas Mixtures -- INSULATION CHARACTERISTICS OF GIS FOR NON-STANDARD LIGHTNING SURGE WAVEFORMS. , Enhanced Field Calculation for HVDC GIS -- SECTION 9: GAS-INSULATED EQUIPMENT II -- DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES OF GAS INSULATED BUS APPLYING LOW SF6 CONTENT AND HIGHLY COMPRESSED N2/SF6 GAS MIXTURES -- NEW CONCEPT OF SWITCHGEAR FOR REPLACING SF6 GAS OR GAS MIXTURE -- Risk Assessment of Free Particles in GIS/GIL Based on Spectral Analysis -- DETERMINATION OF INCEPTION AND BREAKDOWN VOLTAGES OF N2 -SF6 GAS-MIXTURES IN STRONG INHOMOGENEOUS FIELDS -- INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECT OF POLARITY OF SWITCHING AND LIGHTNING IMPULSE VOLTAGES ON THE PERFORMANCE OF AIR FOR SHORT GAP DISTANCES IN EXTREMELY NONUNIFORM FIELD -- CREEPING FLASHOVER CHARACTERISTICS OF UNDER PULSE VOLTAGE IN N2/SF6 MIXTURES -- USE OF SPHERE GAPS AND SPHERE - ROD GAPS UNDER STANDARD LIGHTNING IMPULSE VOLTAGES -- The breakdown of a tower - line clearance under impulse voltages pre - stressed by a negative D.C. voltage -- SECTION 10: SF6 INSULATED APPARATUS: BYPRODUCTS/DETECTION/RECOVERY -- CHEMICAL DECOMPOSITION OF HIGH PRESSURE SF6/N2 (5:95) MIXTURES UNDER NEGATIVE DC CORONA DISCHARGES -- IN-SITU MEASUREMENTS OF SF6 LEAK RATES IN INDOOR GAS-INSULATED SWITCHGEARS (GIS) -- SF6 GAS RECOVERY FROM SF6/N2 MIXTURES USING POLYMER MEMBRANE -- Separation of SF6/N2 Mixtures -- SECTION 11: INDUSTRIAL OUTLOOK -- GAS INSULATION SYSTEMSACTIVITIESOF CIGRE WG 15.03 -- SF6 GAS HANDLING IN JAPAN FOCUSED ON EMISSION REDUCTION FROM GAS INSULATED ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT -- EPRI's PRESENT AND FUTURE SF6 RESEARCH -- U.S. EPA's SF6 Emissions Reduction Partnership for Electric Power Systems: Results and Prospects -- An Industrial Perspective on SF6 Issues -- SECTION 12: DISCUSSION PANEL -- DISCUSSION PANEL: DATABASES FOR GASEOUS DIELECTRICS AND PLASMA PROCESSING -- PARTICIPANTS -- PHOTOGRAPHS OF PARTICIPANTS -- AUTHOR INDEX -- SUBJECT INDEX.

Note: Intro -- Dedication -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Arrows of Time -- 1.1 From the Beginning of the Universe to Homo sapiens -- 1.2 Increasing Complexity and Disorder -- 1.3 Everything Changes and Evolves -- 1.3.1 Everything Changes -- 1.3.2 Everything Evolves -- 1.3.2.1 The Universe Has Evolved -- 1.3.2.2 The Earth Has Evolved -- 1.3.2.3 Life on Earth Has Evolved -- 1.3.2.4 Humanity Has Evolved -- 1.3.2.5 The Closeness of Life -- 1.3.2.6 Common Descent -- 1.3.2.7 Evolution -- 1.4 An Historic Perspective -- 1.4.1 Physical, Biological and Structural Uniformity of Living Organisms -- 1.4.2 Societal Complexity -- Chapter 2: Distinct Characteristics of Modern Civilization -- 2.1 The Prevalent Impact of Science and Science-Based Technology -- 2.1.1 Biology, Medicine and Biotechnology -- 2.2 The Fundamental Role of Energy -- 2.2.1 The Significance of Energy for Civilization -- 2.3 Distinct Characteristics of Modern Civilization Related to Energy -- 2.3.1 Increase in World Population -- 2.3.2 Increase in Urban Population -- 2.3.3 Increase in the Consumption of Energy, Principally Fossil Fuels -- 2.3.4 Increase in Resource Consumption and the Consequential Increase in Environmental Pollution and Climate Change -- 2.3.5 The Increased "Negative" Use of Energy (Increased Use of Energy for Destruction and War) -- 2.3.6 Increase of Societal Complexity -- 2.3.7 Increased Gap in the Standard of Living Between the Energy Rich and the Energy Poor Peoples -- 2.3.8 Resource Consumption and Sustainability of Modern Civilization -- 2.3.8.1 Tame Consumerism -- 2.3.8.2 Conserve Energy -- 2.3.8.3 Increase Food Production -- Chapter 3: Science -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Meaning of Knowing -- 3.2.1 The Inductive Method of Science -- 3.2.2 Reductionism and Holism -- 3.2.3 The Indirect and the Complicated. , 3.3 The Nature of Truth and the Image of Reality -- 3.4 The Laws and Concepts of Science (Physics) -- 3.5 Distinct Characteristics of Science -- 3.6 The Universality of Science -- 3.6.1 Limits to the Universality of Science -- 3.6.2 Needs of the Universality of Science -- 3.7 Science and Society -- 3.7.1 The Scientist -- 3.7.2 Scientist and Society -- 3.7.2.1 Mutual Responsibility -- 3.7.2.2 Needs of Scientists and Society -- 3.7.3 The Scientist as Policy Advisor and as Advocate -- Chapter 4: Scientific and Technological Frontiers -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Scientific and Technological Frontiers -- 4.2.1 Complexity -- 4.2.1.1 Complexity in Nature -- 4.2.1.2 Complexity in Society and Values -- 4.2.2 Molecular Genetics and Molecular Medicine -- 4.2.3 New Materials -- 4.2.3.1 Nanomaterials -- 4.2.3.2 High-Temperature Superconductors -- 4.2.4 Energy (New Sources, New Carriers, New Transformations of Energy, and New Ethical Issues) -- 4.2.4.1 Future Energy Sources and Needs -- 4.2.4.2 A Unique Form of Energy: Light -- 4.2.4.3 The Concept of Energy and Its Philosophical Dimension -- 4.2.4.4 The Energy-Climate Era -- Chapter 5: Values of Society and Science -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 The Precepts and Concepts of Values -- 5.3 Traditional Human Values -- 5.3.1 Values of Faiths and Cultures -- 5.3.1.1 Values of Faiths -- 5.3.1.2 Values of Cultures -- 5.3.2 Contextualization of Values -- 5.4 Universal, Common and Complementary Values -- 5.4.1 Universal Values -- 5.4.2 Common Values -- 5.4.3 Complementary Values -- 5.5 Values of and in Science -- 5.5.1 Values in Science -- 5.5.2 Values of Science -- 5.6 The Impact of Science on Values -- 5.7 The Future of Values -- Chapter 6: Boundaries of Science -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Scientific Questions Without Scientific Answers -- 6.3 Extrapolation of Scientific Knowledge. , 6.4 Examples of Extreme Cases of Scientific Reductionism and Inductive Extrapolation Therefrom -- Chapter 7: Energy -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.1.1 The Fundamental Role of Energy -- 7.1.2 Energy for Civilization -- 7.2 Primary Energy Sources -- 7.2.1 Energy for Today and for Tomorrow -- 7.2.2 Fossil Fuels -- Mainly Coal, Oil and Natural Gas -- 7.2.2.1 Coal -- 7.2.2.2 Oil -- 7.2.2.3 Natural Gas -- 7.2.3 Renewable Energy Sources, Mostly Hydroelectric, Solar, Wind, Biofuels and Geothermal -- 7.2.3.1 Hydroelectric Power -- 7.2.3.2 Solar Energy -- 7.2.3.3 The Role of Light -- 7.2.3.4 Energy from Controlled Nuclear Fusion Using Laser Light -- 7.2.3.5 Wind -- 7.2.3.6 Biofuels -- 7.2.3.7 Geothermal -- 7.2.3.8 Other Renewable Energy Sources -- 7.2.4 Nuclear Power, from Nuclear Fission and, in the Future, from Nuclear Fusion -- 7.2.4.1 Additional Nuclear Options (Breeder Reactors) -- 7.2.4.2 Nuclear Energy from Nuclear Fusion -- 7.2.5 Trends in Primary Energy Consumption by Fuel and Emerging Primary Energy Mix -- 7.2.6 Energy Conservation -- 7.3 Electricity -- 7.3.1 Need for Energy Storage -- 7.3.1.1 Energy Storage Options -- 7.3.1.2 Smart Grids (for Transmission and Distribution) -- 7.3.2 Electrical Energy Transmission and Distribution -- 7.4 Energy and Poverty -- 7.4.1 The Fundamental Role of Electricity -- 7.4.2 The Poor Regions of the Earth and their Need for Energy: Today's Reality -- 7.4.2.1 What Is it in for Today's Poor? -- 7.4.2.2 Supply of Electricity to the Energy-Impoverished Regions of the Earth -- 7.5 Energy and Beyond: Conditions for Sustainability of Modern Civilization -- Chapter 8: The Future: QUO VADIS HOMO SAPIENS? -- 8.1 Change and Its Challenges -- 8.1.1 Future Scientific and Technological Frontiers and Their Challenges -- 8.1.2 Change Our Perception of Resources -- 8.2 Toward a Better Future -- 8.2.1 From a World of Fear to a World of Hope. , 8.2.2 Uphold the Image of Man and Respect His Dignity -- 8.2.3 Society: From Conflict to Complementarity -- 8.3 A Hopeful Future Based on Science and Values -- Appendix: Energy: Scientific, Philosophical and Theological Dimension1 -- Introduction -- The Beginning and the Evolution of the Universe -- Energy at the Beginning and from the Beginning of the Universe -- The Philosophical Dimension of Energy -- Aristotle's Philosophy on Energy and Its Relationship to the Current Scientific View -- The Philosophical / Theological Dimension of Energy -- The Scientific, the Philosophical and the Christian Perspective -- Towards the Whole: Beyond Science -- Index.

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.

Note: Fundamental Electron Interactions with Plasma Processing Gases -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 FUNDAMENTAL ELECTRON-MOLECULE INTERACTIONS AND THEIR TECHNOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE -- Chapter 2 ELECTRON-MOLECULE INTERACTIONS IN THE GAS PHASE: CROSS SECTIONS AND COEFFICIENTS -- Chapter 3 SYNTHESIS AND ASSESSMENT OF ELECTRON COLLISION DATA -- Chapter 4 ELECTRON INTERACTIONS WITH CF4, C2F6, AND C3F8 -- Chapter 5 ELECTRON INTERACTIONS WITH CHF3, CF3I, AND c-C4F8 -- Chapter 6 ELECTRON INTERACTIONS WITH Cl2, CCl2F2, BCl3, AND SF6 -- Index -- About the Authors.