Characteristics of Al:Mg alloy wire array Z-pinches on the Z generator

Author

Sanford, T.W.L. ; Chandler, G.A. ; Deeney, C. ; Fehl, D.L. ; Nash, N.J. ; Spielman, R.C. ; Stygar, W.A. ; Struve, K.W. ; Mock, R.C. ; Gilliland, T.F. ; Jobe, D.O. ; McGurn, J.S. ; Seamen, J.F. ; Torres, J.A. ; Vargas, M. ; Apruzese, J.P. ; Pulsifer, P.E.

Author_Institution

Sandia Nat. Labs., NM, USA

fYear

1998

Firstpage

319

Abstract

Summary form only given. The characteristics of 95% Al:5% Mg alloy wire-array z-pinches formed by the Z generator and their associated X-ray emission are discussed. The arrays consisted of 180 to 266 wires, with each wire being 20-mm long and mounted at radii of 15, 20, or 25 mm. The implosion time of the loads explored was maintained at /spl sim/106 ns (the time which maximized the energy coupling of the generator to the load) by keeping M*R*R constant. M is the array mass that decreased from 7.1 to 4.2 to 2.6 Mg as the radius r was increased.

Keywords

X-ray production; Z pinch; aluminium alloys; exploding wires; magnesium alloys; plasma simulation; Al:Mg; Al:Mg alloy wire array Z-pinches; X-ray emission; Z generator; array mass; energy coupling; implosion time; Character generation; Energy resolution; Laboratories; Magnetic field measurement; Plasma waves; Plasma x-ray sources; Power generation; Spatial resolution; Spectroscopy; Wires;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Plasma Science, 1998. 25th Anniversary. IEEE Conference Record - Abstracts. 1998 IEEE International on

Conference_Location

Raleigh, NC, USA

ISSN

0730-9244

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4792-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PLASMA.1998.677950

Filename

677950