Accession Number:

AD0270922

Title:

THE DESIGN AND OPERATION OF A CONTINUOUS-FLOW ELECTRODELESS PLASMA ACCELERATOR

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION WASHINGTON D C

Personal Author(s):

• BARGER,R.L.
• BROOKS,J.D.
• BEASLEY,W.D.

Report Date:

1962-02-01

Pagination or Media Count:

1.0

Abstract:

A continuous-flow induction plasma accelerator utilizing argon, or argon seeded with mercury vapor, has been built and operated. Comparison of this alternating-current system with a previous investigation of a direct-current d-c accelerator indicated that the induction system is more effective at pressures below 1 mm Hg. Vane-deflection measurements indicated that there was an effective pumping action on the neutral gas. Author

Descriptors:

• *MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS
• *PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
• *PLASMAS(PHYSICS)
• *SUPERSONIC FLOW
• ALTERNATING CURRENT
• ARGON
• CATHODES
• DIRECT CURRENT
• ELECTRIC ARCS
• ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS
• GAS FLOW
• GASES
• GLOW DISCHARGES
• HIGH TEMPERATURE
• IONIZATION
• MAGNETIC FIELDS
• MEASUREMENT
• MERCURY
• PRESSURE
• THERMODYNAMICS
• VAPORS
• VELOCITY

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Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE