Study of Electric Explosion of Flat Micron-Thick Foils at Current Densities of (5–50)×108A/cm2

Shelkovenko, T. A.; Pikuz, S. A.; Tilikin, I. N.; Mingaleev, A. R.; Atoyan, L.; Hammer, D. A.

doi:10.1134/S1063780X18020113

Title: Study of Electric Explosion of Flat Micron-Thick Foils at Current Densities of (5–50)×10⁸A/cm²

Journal Article · Sat Mar 10 00:00:00 EST 2018 · Plasma Physics Reports

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063780X18020113· OSTI ID:1499646

Shelkovenko, T. A. ^[1]; Pikuz, S. A. ^[1]; Tilikin, I. N. ^[1]; Mingaleev, A. R. ^[1]; Atoyan, L. ^[2]; Hammer, D. A. ^[2]

Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), Moscow (Russian Federation)
Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY (United States)

Electric explosions of flat Al, Тi, Ni, Cu, and Та foils with thicknesses of 1–16 μm, widths of 1–8 mm, and lengths of 5–11 mm were studied experimentally on the BIN, XP, and COBRA high-current generators at currents of 40–1000 kA and current densities of (5–50) × 10⁸A/cm². The images of the exploded foils were taken at different angles to the foil surface by using point projection radiography with an X-pinch hot spot as the radiation source, the spatial resolution and exposure time being 3 μm and 50 ps, respectively, as well by the laser probing method with a spatial resolution of 20 μm and an exposure time of 180 ps. In the course of foil explosion, rapidly expanding objects resembling the core and corona of an exploded wire were observed. To this end, it is shown that the core of the exploded foil has a complicated time-varying structure.

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Research Organization:: Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY (United States)

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

Grant/Contract Number:: NA0001836; NA0003764

OSTI ID:: 1499646

Journal Information:: Plasma Physics Reports, Vol. 44, Issue 2; ISSN 1063-780X

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