Performance of Coaxial Plasma Gun with Various Propellants
- 1 November 1964
- journal article
- conference paper
- Published by AIP Publishing in Physics of Fluids
- Vol. 7 (11) , S71-S74
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1711095
Abstract
An experimental study of a single-shot coaxial plasma gun is described. A parametric survey of the gun over the operating range is given for each of three propellants: argon, nitrogen, and hydrogen. An optimum delay time (with respect to exhaust puff energy) is described for each propellant between gas injection and bank-voltage application. Bank voltage and mass per shot were varied using the optimum delay time. Gun efficiency, system efficiency, and magnetic-front velocity in the gun were determined.Keywords
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