GB821744A - Plasma generator - Google Patents

Plasma generator

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GB821744A
GB821744A GB17156/57A GB1715657A GB821744A GB 821744 A GB821744 A GB 821744A GB 17156/57 A GB17156/57 A GB 17156/57A GB 1715657 A GB1715657 A GB 1715657A GB 821744 A GB821744 A GB 821744A
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generator
electrodes
discharge
capacitor
produce
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US Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01T—SPARK GAPS; OVERVOLTAGE ARRESTERS USING SPARK GAPS; SPARKING PLUGS; CORONA DEVICES; GENERATING IONS TO BE INTRODUCED INTO NON-ENCLOSED GASES
    • H01T1/00—Details of spark gaps
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05H—PLASMA TECHNIQUE; PRODUCTION OF ACCELERATED ELECTRICALLY-CHARGED PARTICLES OR OF NEUTRONS; PRODUCTION OR ACCELERATION OF NEUTRAL MOLECULAR OR ATOMIC BEAMS
    • H05H1/00—Generating plasma; Handling plasma
    • H05H1/24—Generating plasma
    • H05H1/48—Generating plasma using an arc

Abstract

821,744. Discharge apparatus. UNITED STATES ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION. May 30, 1957 [June 6, 1956], No. 17156/57. Class 39(1). A generator for producing a shaped plasma comprises electrodes in the form of a pair of titanium rods 12 and 13 in which gas is occluded extending at an angle to each other through, and terminating flush with the face 14 of, a ceramic or other insulating disc 11. The electrodes 12 and 13 are secured by connectors 18 and 19 to strip-shaped conductors 16 and 17 between which is disposed an insulating sheet 21. A liquid insulating material is poured around the elements to form a cylinder 22 fixed to the disc 11 and the assembly is mounted in an evacuated chamber (not shown). The generator is connected to a conventional pulse circuit comprising a capacitor 34 which is charged through a resistor 32 by a d.c. power supply 31. A gaseous discharge tube 33 conducts in response to a pulse from a trigger pulse generator 36 and connects the capacitor 34 across the conductors 16 and 17. The resulting potential difference is sufficient to establish a curved discharge between the electrodes 12 and 13 thus releasing the occluded gas which is ionized to produce an arc discharge. The magnetic field, Fig. 3, is such as to produce a net force acting on the direction of the arrow F, and the plasma is expanded to the shape 37 shown in Fig. 1.
GB17156/57A 1956-06-06 1957-05-30 Plasma generator Expired GB821744A (en)

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US589831A US2900548A (en) 1956-06-06 1956-06-06 Plasma generator

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FR1415696A (en) * 1964-09-07 1965-10-29 Commissariat Energie Atomique Plasma cannon
US3335311A (en) * 1965-02-01 1967-08-08 Gen Electric Glow discharge device having parallel permanent magnetic rod electrodes
FR2648001B1 (en) * 1989-05-31 1991-09-27 Breda Jean Pierre DIRECT CURRENT SUPPLY OF PLASMA ELECTRODES AND METHOD FOR REGENERATING PLASMA
CA2065581C (en) * 1991-04-22 2002-03-12 Andal Corp. Plasma enhancement apparatus and method for physical vapor deposition

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US2168206A (en) * 1938-02-11 1939-08-01 Jr Arthur C Hastings Spark plug
US2481887A (en) * 1947-07-23 1949-09-13 Smitsvonk Nv Spark gap and lamp
US2596865A (en) * 1950-07-03 1952-05-13 Allis Chalmers Mfg Co Arc chute utilizing staggered u-shaped conductive members
US2754422A (en) * 1952-07-30 1956-07-10 Edward J Lofgren Source of highly stripped ions
FR66032E (en) * 1952-11-26
US2677771A (en) * 1953-03-05 1954-05-04 Atomic Energy Commission Ion source
US2840742A (en) * 1954-07-07 1958-06-24 Gen Electric Spark projection ignition device

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