GB874381A - Plasma discharge device - Google Patents

Plasma discharge device

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Publication number
GB874381A
GB874381A GB10541/59A GB1054159A GB874381A GB 874381 A GB874381 A GB 874381A GB 10541/59 A GB10541/59 A GB 10541/59A GB 1054159 A GB1054159 A GB 1054159A GB 874381 A GB874381 A GB 874381A
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discharge
electrodes
plasma
gas
reduces
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US Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)
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    • 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
    • H05H1/02—Arrangements for confining plasma by electric or magnetic fields; Arrangements for heating plasma
    • H05H1/04—Arrangements for confining plasma by electric or magnetic fields; Arrangements for heating plasma using magnetic fields substantially generated by the discharge in the plasma

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Plasma & Fusion (AREA)
  • Spectroscopy & Molecular Physics (AREA)
  • Electron Sources, Ion Sources (AREA)
  • Plasma Technology (AREA)

Abstract

874,381. Nuclear fusion reactors. UNITED STATES ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION. March 26, 1959 [April 28, 1958], No. 10541/59. Class 39(4). A pinch device comprises means for establishing a high density plasma between electrodes so that the plasma is constricted by its magnetic field, and means for producing magnetic fields near the electrodes to prevent constriction of the discharge at its ends. In Fig. 1 a discharge is established between two electrodes 13, 14, one of which is an electronemitting cathode, by a pulsed power supply; a gas supply and a pump are connected to the discharge chamber so that it may be filled with a desired gas at a desired pressure, the gas being converted into a plasma by the discharge. At each end of the chamber is a coil 26, 27 which produces a magnetic field strong enough to prevent constriction of the discharge at its ends; this reduces some causes of instability in the discharge and reduces the current concentration at the cathode.
GB10541/59A 1958-04-28 1959-03-26 Plasma discharge device Expired GB874381A (en)

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US874381XA 1958-04-28 1958-04-28

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GB874381A true GB874381A (en) 1961-08-10

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DE (1) DE1086821B (en)
FR (1) FR1220753A (en)
GB (1) GB874381A (en)
NL (1) NL238531A (en)

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2461267A (en) * 2008-06-24 2009-12-30 Stephen Thomas Brookes Nuclear fusion reactor

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2461267A (en) * 2008-06-24 2009-12-30 Stephen Thomas Brookes Nuclear fusion reactor
GB2461267B (en) * 2008-06-24 2012-05-30 Stephen Thomas Brookes Improvements in or relating to nuclear fusion

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NL238531A (en) 1964-02-05
DE1086821B (en) 1960-08-11
FR1220753A (en) 1960-05-27

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