Analysis of Rail Gun Bore Residue
Abstract
A technique for analyzing the residue left-in bore after firing a rail gun has been devised. The technique is based on nuclear backscattering of deuterons from residue collected on a clean beryllium disk. The disk was embedded in one of the insulating sections of the rail gun barrel where it was exposed to residue-producing gases during a firing, then removed from the barrel for backscattering analysis. An energy spectrum of backscattered deuterons was obtained by bombarding the disk with a 1.0 MeV deuteron beam from a Van de Graaff accelerator and monitoring a backward scattering angle with a charged particle detector. Computational techniques were used to quantitatively determine from the observed backscattered spectrum amounts of each element deposited on the surface.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 1984
- Accession Number
- ADA140303
Entities
People
- Andrus Niiler
- Henry S. Burden
- Keith A. Jamison
- Mmiguel Marquez-reines
Organizations
- Ballistic Research Laboratory