Transformation of a tungsten wire to the plasma state by nanosecond electrical explosion in vacuum

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Sarkisov, G S ^a   Rosenthal, S E ^b   Struve, K W ^b  

^a KTECH CORPORATION   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IONIZATION; JOULE HEATING; PLASMAS; POLYIMIDES; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

TUNGSTEN WIRE; WIRE IONIZATION;

ELECTRIC WIRE;

EID: 43949117450     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.77.056406     Document Type: Article

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