Publication Date:
2019-07-13
Description:
Seeded argon-hydrogen plasmas have been produced at Georgia Tech in order to experimentally measure composition, temperature, radiant heat output and opacity. The plasma, seeded with submicron tungsten particles, simulates the propellant of a gaseous core nuclear rocket. These measurements are needed to predict the dynamic behavior of the operating gas core reactor. The temperature range in which the seed has vaporized but the hydrogen itself has not yet become opaque is known as the seed-hydrogen opacity window. Preliminary opacity data in this temperature range will be presented.
Keywords:
PHYSICS, PLASMA
Type:
Symposium on Uranium Plasmas: Research and Applications; Nov 15, 1971 - Nov 17, 1971; Atlanta, GA
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