Examination of Electrical-Breakdown Properties of Insulating Gases Used in Electrostatic Accelerators. Final Report

摘要

The work supported by this contract completed a set of measurements on the breakdown properties of insulating gases. There were four major sections, first the improvement of the statistical accuracy of data on the properties of mixtures of sulphur hexafluoride and Freon 12, second the acquisition of data at higher pressures of pure sulphur hexafluoride, and third the preliminary examination of the properties of nitrous oxide for use as a possible gas insulator. Finally the data obtained were used to calculate the expected electrical breakdown performance of existing FN, MP XTU and the Daresbury (UK) N.S.F. accelerators.