Effects of dielectric material on arc plasma pressure and ablation measurement in high-power apparatus

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 39, Issue 1 I, 2003, Pages 197-201

  André, Pascal ^a   Bussière, William ^a   Duffour, Emmanuel ^a   Brunet, Luc ^b   Lombard, Jean Marie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b Nexter Munitions   (France)

Author keywords

Ablation; Graphite formation; Plasma wall interaction

Indexed keywords

BEAM PLASMA INTERACTIONS; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRIC INSULATORS; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT TESTING; PLASMAS; POLYETHYLENES; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT;

ABLATION MEASUREMENT; ARC PLASMA PRESSURE; GRAPHITE FORMATION; HIGH POWER APPARATUS; POLYOXYMETHYLENES;

LASER ABLATION;

EID: 0037230419     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2002.805851     Document Type: Article

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