• DocumentCode
    2682150
  • Title

    Dense Z-pinches from D2/el, CD2 and C fibers/el

  • Author

    Sethian, John D. ; Robson ; Gerber, H.A. ; DeSilva

  • fYear
    1990
  • fDate
    21-23 May 1990
  • Firstpage
    105
  • Abstract
    Summary form only given. The Naval Research Laboratory ZFX facility has been used to form dense Z-pinches from single fibers composed of frozen deuterium (D2), deuterated polyethylene (CD2), carbon, or carbon clad with silver. The maximum current through all these pinches was slightly less than 1 MA with a risetime of about 670 ns. Experiments in both 125-μm-diameter D2 and 40-μm-diameter CD2 fibers showed that the pinch was stable for times up to 400 ns and currents up to 650 kA. Pinches formed from pure 7-μm-diameter graphite fibers were stable for less than 300 kA and times of 150 ns. The behavior of pinches formed from 7-μm-diameter graphite fibers encased in an 8000-Å silver coating was also investigated
  • Keywords
    carbon fibres; deuterium; fibres; pinch effect; polymers; 1 MA; 125 micron; 150 ns; 300 kA; 40 micron; 400 ns; 650 kA; 670 ns; 7 micron; 8000 Å; C fibers/el; C-Ag; CD2 fibre; D2/el; Naval Research Laboratory ZFX facility; dense Z-pinches; polyethylene-dn; risetime; single D2 fibre;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Plasma Science, 1990. IEEE Conference Record - Abstracts., 1990 IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Oakland, CA, USA
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PLASMA.1990.110560
  • Filename
    5725836
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2682150