Abstract
Results of comparative investigations of the thermodynamic states of exploding wires in air and water under different pressures based on time correlated electrical and optical measurements are presented. From the energy input and from the "action integral", respectively, the time behaviour of the temperature up to the beginning of vaporization can be calculated with sufficient accuracy. Inbedding the wires in water especially under high static pressures leads to a remarkable increase of energy input up to the beginning of vaporization. In this way temperatures of more than 8000 K at homogenious conditions and solid state density could be realized

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