Published August 20, 1998 | Version v1
Journal article

Radiation induced conductivity and voltage holding characteristics of insulation gas for the ITER NBI

  • 1. Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute 801-1, Mukoyama, Naka-machi, Naka-gun, Ibaraki-ken, 311-01 (Japan)

Description

An irradiation experiment on insulation gas was carried out to evaluate ionization current and voltage holding characteristics with the gamma-rays from Co-60. The gases of air, SF6, C2F6, CO2, and mixture of air and SF6 were investigated using parallel-disk electrodes all the absorbed dose rate of up to 0.45 Gy/s. Ionization current increased linearly with gap length between electrodes, gas pressure, absorbed dose rate, and molecular weight. An experimental formula to estimate ionization current was obtained on the basis of experimental results. Degradation of breakdown voltage with gamma-rays was at most about 10%; however, the degree of the degradation did not depend strongly on absorbed dose rate

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Journal Title
AIP Conference Proceedings
Journal Volume
439
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 205-216
ISSN
0094-243X
CODEN
APCPCS

Conference

Title
8. international symposium on the production and neutralization of negative ions and beams; 7. european workshop on the production and application of light negative ions
Dates
14-19 Sep 1997
Place
Villagium of Giens (France)

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(c) 1998 American Institute of Physics.