The relationship between exploding wire expansion rates and wire material properties near the boiling temperature

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 30, Issue 2 II, 2002, Pages 577-587

  Chandler, K M ^b   Hammer, D A ^a,b   Sinars, D B ^c   Pikuz, S A ^b,d   Shelkovenko, T A ^b,d  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b Cornell University   (United States)

^c SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d LEBEDEV PHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Dense Z pinches; Exploding wires; Pulsed power applications; X ray backlighting

Indexed keywords

EXPLODING WIRE EXPANSION; WIRE ARRAYS;

DESORPTION; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; HEATING; VAPORIZATION; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EXPLODING WIRES;

EID: 0036547524     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2002.1024292     Document Type: Article

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