• DocumentCode
    563545
  • Title

    High enegy density plasma produced by pulsed high current discharge of powder

  • Author

    Nozawa, H. ; Ishihara, H. ; Kawasaki, Y. ; Kuroda, J. ; Ibuka, S. ; Liu, Yuan-Shing ; Yasuoka, K. ; Ishii, S.

  • Author_Institution
    Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 O-okayama, Meguro-ku, 152-8552, Japan
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    20-25 June 2000
  • Firstpage
    466
  • Lastpage
    469
  • Abstract
    A plasma created from copper powder was successfully obtained in pulsed high current discharges. Powder flow was injected transiently between the electrodes in vacuum. The powder particles are spherically shaped and are accelerated by pulsed electrostatic field. Diverging powder flow was controlled to form a directed flow with a constant diameter by applying an extra focusing electrode. The powder particle trajectory is numerically analyzed to design the focusing electrode. Conical shaped light emission from the particles was observed in framing photographs during the early stage of discharge.
  • Keywords
    Anodes; Cathodes; electrostatic control; powder; pulsed discharge; vacuum discharge;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    High-Power Particle Beams, 2000 13th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Nagaoka, Japan
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6219909