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Title: Plasma momentum meter for momentum flux measurements

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OSTI ID:6289009

An apparatus is described for measuring momentum flux from an intense plasma stream, comprising: refractory target means oriented normal to the flow of said plasma stream for bombardment by said plasma stream where said bombardment by said plasma stream applies a pressure to said target means, pendulum means for communicating a translational displacement of said target to a force transducer where said translational displacement of said target is transferred to said force transducer by an elongated member coupled to said target, where said member is suspended by a pendulum configuration means and where said force transducer is responsive to said translational displacement of said member, and force transducer means for outputting a signal representing pressure data corresponding to said displacement.

DOE Contract Number:
AC02-76CH03073
Assignee:
Dept. of Energy, Washington, DC (United States)
Patent Number(s):
US 5239563; A
Application Number:
PPN: US 7-726076
OSTI ID:
6289009
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 5 Jul 1991
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English