EXPLODING WIRE PARTICLE SIZE BY LIGHT SCATTERING MEASUREMENT

Abstract

The reddish color seen in photographs of exploding copper wires was assumed to be due in part to the scattering of the blue and green wavelengths of the BH6 mercury lamp used. Accordingly, this scattered light was used to measure particle size by the dissymmetry method. The average value of the predominant particle dimension was found to be time dependent with a value of 1200 A occurring .6 usec before the voltage peak.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0673710

Entities

People

  • Donald D. Shear
  • Faustin N. Weber

Organizations

  • Ballistic Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemistry
  • Engineering
  • Exploding Wires
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Jet Propulsion
  • Light Scattering
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Mercury Lamps
  • Military Research
  • New Jersey
  • New York
  • Particle Size
  • Particles
  • Photographs
  • Physics
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Scattering

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerosol Science/Aerosol Physics
  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering
  • Materials Science and Engineering.