Abstract
The mechanism of breakdown in dielectric liquids has been ascribed in the past to particles, <sup xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">1</sup> liberated electrons, <sup xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">2</sup> gas evolution, <sup xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">3</sup> and other agencies. There is no doubt that there are circumstances in which any of these may individually assume importance and determine the electric strength of a liquid. Previous work with fluorocarbon liquids' <sup xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">4</sup> has provided an indication that several of these mechanisms may act cumulatively in determining the prebreakdown events in dielectric liquids. The divergent fields used in this study provide a means of artificially retarding the events preceding breakdown and hence allow time resolved Schlieren studies to be carried out to highlight polarity and field effects.
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