ENERGY CONVERSION INCLUDING MAGNETOAERODYNAMIC STUDIES AND THERMIONIC CONVERTERS. THERMIONIC CONVERTER STUDIES

Abstract

A plane-parallel cesium thermionic converter was constructed, and is about to be put into operation. A second converter, which permits spectrographic determination of cesium species temperatures and densities, was designed. Analytical stu ies of plasma and she th phenomena occurring in high pressure operation of a converter are in progress. Elastic scat ering cross sections and momentum transfer cross sections for collisions of low energy were calculated and a report was issued. A literature survey of transition probabilities for transitions from the ground state in cesium was conducted a d a tabulation of experimental values made. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 30, 1961
Accession Number
AD0266440

Entities

People

  • R.c. Horn

Organizations

  • The Aerospace Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Collisions
  • Conversion
  • Converters
  • Energy
  • Energy Conversion
  • Ground State
  • High Pressure
  • Literature
  • Literature Surveys
  • Momentum
  • Momentum Transfer
  • Physical Properties
  • Thermionic Converters
  • Transitions

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Plasma Physics.
  • Quantum spin resonance or Electron Paramagnetic Resonance spectroscopy.
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