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IN a paper, by W. G. Standring, of the National Physical Laboratory, which is published in the Power Engineering Section of the Journal of the Institution of Electrical Engineers, of August, a discussion is given of the behaviour of a number of insulating materials under disruptive voltages. Experiments were carried out with the object of filling large gaps in our knowledge in a field which has only been partially explored. At the present time, a knowledge of electric strength is of twofold interest. It is of fundamental importance to the engineer, and values of electric strength should provide guidance to the mathematical physicist in developing theories to explain the mechanism of electric breakdown.
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ELECTRIC STRENGTH OF SOLID DIELECTRICS. Nature 148, 290–291 (1941). https://doi.org/10.1038/148290b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/148290b0