ELECTRODE METAL EFFECTS IN A DEUTERIUM PLASMA Z-PINCH DEVICE.
Abstract
The introduction of the hydrogen-gettering metals titanium and zirconium in a paraboloidal plasma Z-pinch device has produced a substantial increase in the neutron yield. Yields up to 3 x 10 to the 10th power neutrons per shot have been obtained using titanium-tipped electrodes in deuterium gas with an 18 kJ-energy source. The effect of these metals in increasing the neutron yield is sensitive to the compression obtained in this pinch device. This effect is small or nonexistent in Z-pinch devices with cylindrical electrodes where the space between the anode and cathode is large in the region of the pinch. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 08, 1969
- Accession Number
- AD0693125
Entities
People
- Hugo L. L. Van Paassen
- Mitchell H. Dazey
- Vernal Josephson
Organizations
- The Aerospace Corporation