Dissado Len A., Fothergill John C. Electrical Degradation and Breakdown in Polymers

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.