INVESTIGATIONS ON THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF NUCLEAR FISSION ENERGY TO ELECTRICAL ENERGY IN PLASMA DIODE

Abstract

EXPERIMENTAL AND THEORETICAL STUDIES WERE CARRIED OUT ON THE FISSION FRAGMENT, NOBLE GAS PLASMA DIODE FOR DIRECT CONVERSION OF NUCLEAR ENERGY TO ELECTRICAL ENERGY. ELECTRON EMISSIVITY WAS MEASURED IN CONNECTION WITH MATERIAL RESEARCH ON URANIUM BEARING CATHODES. SPECTRAL MEASUREMENTS OF CESIUM PLASMAS WERE CARRIED OUT YIELDING DATA ON ELECTRON TEMPERATURES AND ION NUMBER DENSITIES. PRELIMINARY MEASUREMENTS WERE MADE ON A PULSED NOBLE GAS PLASMA DIODE

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 31, 1960
Accession Number
AD0250673

Entities

Organizations

  • General Motors

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemical Reactions
  • Construction
  • Current Density
  • Electric Arcs
  • Electric Power
  • Electron Density
  • Electron Emission
  • Electrons
  • Emitters
  • Geometry
  • Heat Energy
  • Ionization
  • Jet Propulsion
  • Measurement
  • Nuclear Energy
  • Space Charge
  • Vapor Pressure

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Nuclear and Radiation Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics