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Title: Polymer coating of glass microballoons levitated in a focused acoustic field

Conference ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1557/PROC-9-67· OSTI ID:5952467

Inertial confinement fusion (ICF) glass microballoons (GMBs) levitated in a focusing radiator acoustic device can be coated with liquid materials by deploying the liquid into the levitation field with a stepped-horn atomizer. The GMB can be forced to the center of the coating liquid with a strong acoustically generated centering force. Water solutions of organic polymers, uv-curable liquid organic monomers, and paraffin waxes have been used to prepare solid coatings on the surface of GMBs using this technique.

Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-36
OSTI ID:
5952467
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-81-3262; CONF-811122-8; ON: DE82002626; TRN: 82-000322
Resource Relation:
Journal Volume: 9; Conference: Annual meeting of the Materials Research Society, Boston, MA, USA, 16 Nov 1981
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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