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Power supplies

Corona

Electrical equipment; Power supplies

A non-self-sustaining discharge (sometimes visible) due to ionisation of the gas surrounding a conductor around which exists a voltage gradient exceeding a certain critical value for a gaseous ...

Plasma

Electrical equipment; Power supplies

A gaseous body of ions and electrons of sufficiently low density that considerable charge separation is possible. Because of the mobility of charge, a plasma is normally neutral and free of electric ...

Insulator

Electrical equipment; Power supplies

A material of such low electrical conductivity that the flow of current through it can usually be neglected.

Flashover

Electrical equipment; Power supplies

A disruptive electrical discharge around or over the surface of a solid or liquid insulator.

Polymer

Electrical equipment; Power supplies

A compound formed by polymerization that results in the chemical union of monomers or the continued reaction between lower molecular weight polymers.

Electrode

Electrical equipment; Power supplies

A conductor, not necessarily metal, through which a current enters or leaves an electrolytic cell, arc, furnace, vacuum tube, gaseous discharge tube, or any conductor of the nonmetallic class.

Capacitor (condenser)

Electrical equipment; Power supplies

A device whose primary purpose is to introduce capacitance into an electric circuit.

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