Possible Mechanisms for Electric-Field-Free Gas Breakdown
Abstract
It was reported in the late 1960s [1] that gas breakdown occurs during explosive and electrical operation of magnetic flux compressor generators (FCGs). Recently [2,3], we reported on experimental evidence of the formation of plasma and its propagation in the gas within the FCG with no electric field in the system. We named this phenomenon electric-field-free gas breakdown. In this paper, we discuss possible mechanisms for this type of gas breakdown. The first mechanism is related to the ionization of the gas by a sequence of shock processes caused by an explosively expanding metallic armature within an FCG. The second mechanism is related to the ejection of high-speed particles from the explosively shocked metallic surface of an FCG armature. © 2011 IEEE.
Recommended Citation
S. I. Shkuratov et al., "Possible Mechanisms for Electric-Field-Free Gas Breakdown," Digest of Technical Papers-IEEE International Pulsed Power Conference, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Jan 2011.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1109/PPC.2011.6191475
Meeting Name
18th IEEE International Pulsed Power Conference, PPC 2011
Department(s)
Mining Engineering
Sponsor(s)
Pulsed Power Sci. Technol. Comm. IEEE Nucl. Plasma Sci. Soc.
Air Force Office of Scientific Research
Defense Threat Reduction Agency
Department of Energy
L-3 Communications, Pulse Sciences
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
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Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
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© 2011 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), All rights reserved.
Publication Date
01 Jan 2011
