Electrical Breakdown PhenomenaIN N-Pentane

. . .This paper shows the effect of electrode material and electrode polarity on the electrical breakdown processes in n-pentane. It is shown experimentally that the influence of electrode material and electrode spacing which produce other important physical parameters such as work function of electrode material, kind of streamers and dielectric constant of the liquid inside the cavity, act as control factors on the processes leading to electrical breakdown in hydrocarbon liquids.