Evaluation of a New Protective Coating for Porcelain Insulators
This paper describes the evaluation of a new elastomeric coating made from a silicone rubber compound for use on porcelain insulators. Field experience has shown that coated insulators have a lower flashover probability under wet contaminated operation than uncoated insulators.
Self-priming silicone elastomeric coatings for high voltage insulator bodies
In electric power transmission, there is a trend towards higher operating voltages and more severe service conditions for outdoor insulators. Historically, higher voltages have called for bigger, heavier insulators, with larger support structures to carry the increased weight. Now, for economic reasons, there is an urgent need to reduce weight and size in insulators and support structures. Considerable research and development effort is being spent to synthesize and evaluate stronger, lighter-weight insulating materials.
Resonant Auger decay study of C1s -> pi* core-excited OCS
The present work aims at characterizing short-lived C1s((-1)) pi*((1)) core-excited states of the OCS molecule based on the analysis of the vibrational fine structure and lineshape profiles of the high-resolution resonant Auger decay spectra recorded at the excitation energies along the C1s -> pi* resonance in the binding energy region 15-19eV. Very different behavior in terms of lineshape and resonant enhancement is observed for the (A) over tilde, (B) over tilde and (C) over tilde final states. This is explained by (1) the variation in the C-O bond lengths for the states involved in the electronic relaxation and (2) different contributions in terms of Mulliken population to the molecular orbitals determining the electronic character of the corresponding states. Since the final-state geometries are known from a number of previous experiments and ab initio calculations, the geometry of the C1s((-1)) pi*((1)) intermediate states can be predicted in analogy with e.g. the N-2, CO2 and N2O molecules. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. (Less)