DocumentCode
731399
Title
Characterization of an electrothermal plasma with polymer and metal source materials
Author
Gebhart, T.E. ; Echols, J.R. ; Winfrey, A.L.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Mater. Sci. Eng., Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
fYear
2015
fDate
24-28 May 2015
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
1
Abstract
Summary form only given. Pulsed electrothermal (ET) plasma sources were originally used as ignition sources for electrothermal chemical weapons and secondary rail gun armature. An ET system consists of a discharge capacitor and accompanying electronics. The capacitor discharges through an electrode, normally comprised of tungsten, which sends current to ground through an insulating liner. The liner can be any insulating material that is subject to dissociation and ablation due to joule heating.
Keywords
capacitors; electrothermal launchers; ET plasma sources; discharge capacitor; electrothermal chemical weapons; electrothermal plasma; insulating liner; insulating material; joule heating; metal source materials; polymer source materials; pulsed electrothermal; secondary rail gun armature; tungsten; Capacitors; Discharges (electric); Electrodes; Fault location; Heating; Plasmas;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Plasma Sciences (ICOPS), 2015 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location
Antalya
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/PLASMA.2015.7179934
Filename
7179934
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