STUDY OF DIFFERENT MATERIALS AS FUSE ELEMENT

摘要

A theoretical model to calculate the prearcing time of fuses has been used to study the behaviour of different metals as fuse elements. The model has been experimentally checked and contrasted with data of a real fuse. From the obtained results with the studied metals, we can conclude that, for each metal, there is a thickeness that allows to obtain a only characteristic curve if the same fuse element geometry is used.