Title :
Electrical explosion of single wire by pulsed high current
Author :
Mao, Zhiguo ; Zou, Xiaobing ; Liu, Xiao ; Wang, Xinxin ; Jiang, Weihua
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Tsinghua Univ., Beijing, China
Abstract :
This presents a collection of slides covering the following topics: electrical explosion of single wire; early discharge phase of wire arrays; Z-pinch; X-pinch; opening switch; production of nanopowders; and the 5 stages of wire explosion which include (i) solid heating, (ii) melting at constant temperature, (iii) liquid heating, (iv) evaporation at constant temperature, and (v) plasma formation.
Keywords :
Z pinch; evaporation; exploding wires; explosions; melting; nanofabrication; nanoparticles; plasma materials processing; X-pinch; Z-pinch; constant temperature; early discharge phase; electrical explosion; evaporation; liquid heating; melting; nanopowder production; opening switch; plasma formation; pulsed high current; single wire; solid heating; wire arrays; wire explosion; Coils; Switches;
Conference_Titel :
High Power Particle Beams (BEAMS), 2008 17th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Xian
