IET, Peregrinus Ltd, London, 1992, p.601A review of the field which introduces the chemical and physical structure of polymers, surveys electrical degradation, particularly electrical-tree and water-tree degradation, examines conduction and deterministic breakdown, and discusses the stochastic nature of breakdown.
The book is in five parts: Part I introduces the physical and chemical structure of polymers and their breakdown; Part II reviews electrical degradation in polymers, and Part III reviews conduction and deterministic breakdown in solids. Part IV discusses the stochastic nature of break-down from empirical and modelling viewpoints, and Part V indicates practical implications and strategies for engineers. Much of the discussion applies to non-crystalline materials generally.
