Design of experiment devices for a study on the electrical properties of silicone rubber / Jailani Hashim

This paper describes the design of devices required in studying the breakdown strength and the electrical properties of the silicone rubber. The intended tests are the Impulse and AC Withstand Voltage. The withstand voltage is around 90 ~ 390 kV/cm. This can be interpreted as between 9 ~ 39 kV/mm. The silicone rubber need to be cut into a thin layer ( 1mm thickness) since the available Impulse Tester in the ITM’s Pulsed Power Laboratory' is only up to 32 kV. A cutting jig was designed for this purposes.