The electro-thermal stability of tantalum relative to aluminum and titanium in cylindrical liner ablation experiments at 550 kA

Steiner, Adam M.; Campbell, Paul C.; Yager-Elorriaga, David Alexander; Cochrane, Kyle R.; Mattsson, Thomas R.; Jordan, Nicholas M.; McBride, Ryan D.; Lau, Yue Ying; Gilgenbach, Ronald M.

doi:10.1063/1.5012891

Title: The electro-thermal stability of tantalum relative to aluminum and titanium in cylindrical liner ablation experiments at 550 kA

Journal Article · Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 2018 · Physics of Plasmas

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5012891· OSTI ID:1481788

^[1]; Campbell, Paul C. ^[2]; Yager-Elorriaga, David Alexander ^[3]; Cochrane, Kyle R. ^[4]; Mattsson, Thomas R. ^[4];

^[2]; McBride, Ryan D. ^[2]; Lau, Yue Ying ^[2];

^[2]

Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States); Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, Palmdale, CA (United States)
Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)
Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States); Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Presented are the results from the liner ablation experiments conducted at 550 kA on the Michigan Accelerator for Inductive Z-Pinch Experiments. These experiments were performed to evaluate a hypothesis that the electrothermal instability (ETI) is responsible for the seeding of magnetohydrodynamic instabilities and that the cumulative growth of ETI is primarily dependent on the material-specific ratio of critical temperature to melting temperature. This ratio is lower in refractory metals (e.g., tantalum) than in non-refractory metals (e.g., aluminum or titanium). The experimental observations presented herein reveal that the plasma-vacuum interface is remarkably stable in tantalum liner ablations. This stability is particularly evident when contrasted with the observations from aluminum and titanium experiments. These results are important to various programs in pulsed-power-driven plasma physics that depend on liner implosion stability. Furthermore, examples include the magnetized liner inertial fusion (MagLIF) program and the cylindrical dynamic material properties program at Sandia National Laboratories, where liner experiments are conducted on the 27-MA Z facility.

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Research Organization:: Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC04-94AL85000; NA0001984; SC0012328; NA0003525

OSTI ID:: 1481788

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1423401

Report Number(s):: SAND-2018-12459J; 668854

Journal Information:: Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 25, Issue 3; ISSN 1070-664X

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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