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Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers

ISO Journal TitleJ Korean Inst. IIIum. Electr. Install. Eng.
Title The Heating Characteristics of Electric Bare Wire Melted by AC Current
Authors Kil-Mok Shong ; Chung-Seog Choi ; Hyang-Kon Kim ; Young-Seok Kim
Page pp.77-84
ISSN 1225-1135
Keywords fire cause judgement ; heating characteristics ; fusing current ; dendrite structure ; columnar structure
Abstract For a fire cause judgement, this paper describes the heating characteristics of electric bare wire melted by AC current. The copper wires prepared for the experiment were 1.2[㎜], 1.6[㎜], and 2.0[㎜] in diameter. Through the cross section analysis(CSA), it was confirmed that the dendrite structure grew at the angle of about 40[°] or 60[°] when the fusing current was applied to the wires. The larger the fusing current is, the more decreased the growth angle of the dendrite structure is. It was confirmed that the dendrite structure was arranged like the columnar structure.