Vol.2, No 2, 2000 pp. 63 - 78
UDC 537.565/.568

ELECTRICAL BREAKDOWN TIME DELAY
IN GASES AT LOW PRESSURES
Momčilo Pejović1, Goran S. Ristić1, Jugoslav P. Karamarković2
1Faculty of Electronic Engineering, 2Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture
University of Niš, Serbia, Yugoslavia

Abstract. A review of our investigations on the time delay of electrical breakdown in gases at low pressures has been presented in this paper. Statistical analysis of time delay using Laue distributions and histograms of experimental data has been performed. The influence of different parameters (overvoltage, electrodes' temperature and material, glow current) on time delay has been considered. Memory curves have been analyzed and applied to estimate positive ion recombination time, nitrogen atom catalytic recombination time as well as deexcitation time of metastable states in kripton.

VREME KAŠNJENJA ELEKTRIČNOG PROBOJA
U GASOVIMA NA NISKIM PRITISCIMA
U ovom radu je prikazan pregled naših istraživanja vremena kašnjenja električnog proboja u gasovima na niskim pritiscima. Izvršena je statistička analiza korišćenjem Laue-ovih raspodela i histograma eksperimentalno dobijenih podataka. Razmatran je uticaj raznih parametara (prenapona, temperature i materijala katode, struje pražnjenja) na vreme kašnjenja. Razmatrane su memorijske krive i njihova primena za procenu vremena rekombinacije pozitivnih jona, vremena katalitičke rekombinacije atoma azota kao i vremena deekscitacije metastabilnih stanja u kriptonu.