INVESTIGATIONS ON THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF NUCLEAR FISSION ENERGY TO ELECTRICAL ENERGY IN A PLASMA DIODE. Period Covered: February 1, 1962 to October 31, 1962

Technical Report · Wed Oct 31 04:00:00 EST 1962

OSTI ID:4625878

Jamerson, F.E. ed.

Results of experimental and theoretical investigations are presented on the use of a nuclear generated plasma in a noble gas plasma diode thermionic converter. Related programs of emitter materials development and plasma measurements are described. These are presented in the following individual sections: inpile ion chamber experiment-theory and tube design, pulsed noble gas plasma diode experiments, electron mobility in gases, spectroscopic measurements in a cesium low voltage arc conventer, amd uranium carbide-rhenium cermet emitter. (auth)

• Research Organization: General Motors Corp. Research Labs., Warren, Mich.
• NSA Number: NSA-17-040153
• OSTI ID: 4625878
• Report Number(s): AD-290727
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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CARBIDES
CERMETS
CESIUM
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ELECTRON TUBES
ELECTRONS
EMISSION
ENERGY
GASES
ION CHAMBERS
IONIZATION CHAMBERS
MEASURED VALUES
MOTION
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PHYSICS
PLANNING
PLASMA
RARE GASES
RHENIUM
SPECTROSCOPY
THERMIONICS
THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES
THERMONUCLEAR REACTIONS
TUBES
URANIUM COMPOUNDS
VELOCITY