
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Butler, LA 
T1  - A Calculation of Sphere?Plane Fields with Applications to Dielectric Breakdown
JF  - Australian Journal of Physics
JO  - Aust. J.  Phys.
Y1  - 1967
VL  - 20
IS  - 2
SP  - 117
EP  - 126
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/PH670117 
N2  - The method of images is used to compute the field between a charged sphere and an earthed plane. From this field distribution the electrical conductivity of a sphere-plane system and also the temperature distribution during thermal breakdown are determined for ranges of geometrical and electrical parameters. Heat-sink efficiencies of the electrodes are included in the calculation, and an experimental method for assessing these is proposed. 
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