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Glovebox-contained forty-millimeter gun system for the study of one- dimensional shock waves in toxic materials

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OSTI ID:4172886

A new gun system is being constructed at the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory for studies of the behavior of toxic materials under shock-loaded conditions. Due to the extreme toxicity of some materials, such as plutonium, the entire gun system must be enclosed in gloveboxes. Some of the experimental requirements that affected the design of the system, various diagnostic techniques that will be employed with the system, and some details of the final design that is presently under assembly are presented. (auth)

Research Organization:
California Univ., Livermore (USA). Lawrence Livermore Lab.
NSA Number:
NSA-33-005403
OSTI ID:
4172886
Report Number(s):
UCRL--77352; CONF-750981--1
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English