Charged Colloidal Particles for Controlled Nuclear Reactors.

Abstract

Charge and mass loss of macroscopic particles in a weakly ionized plasma were measured. The evaporation and combustion theories of droplets were surveyed and the interaction of charged droplets with the ions in a flame was investigated. Cryogenic techniques in producing particles of oxygen, hydrogen, argon and other materials in vacuum were developed. These particles were injected into plasmas as a diagnostic tool to measure plasma parameters. A dense plasma focus device is under construction to investigate the possibility of increasing the output of pulsed x-rays from the DPF device by injecting particles into the focus region. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1974
Accession Number
ADA000543

Entities

People

  • Charles D. Hendricks

Organizations

  • University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorbers (Materials)
  • Advanced Materials
  • Combustion
  • Construction
  • Engineered Materials
  • Evaporation
  • Hydrogen
  • Materials
  • Nuclear Reactors
  • Particles
  • X Rays

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerosol Science/Aerosol Physics
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.