The Electrical Salt-Fog Performance of Si1icone Rubber Material Aged by Water Immersion

수분침투로 열화된 실리콘 고무의 젼기적 염해 특성

In this study, we investigated the electrical characteristics of silicone rubber that being used outdoor insulating material, which had been immersed in salt water. After immersed the sample in salt water, we measured surface hydrophobicity, weight loss and microscopic surface appearance, and then compared with these of the original. And we tested the electrical characteristics of the aged sample by the water under salt-fog. These electrical characteristics are described by the average of leakage current, peak pulse number, which are recorded by data acquisition system The experimental results show that the resistance against tracking and erosion is decreased significantly by water penetration.