PLASMA GENERATOR
This invention is a magnetohydrodynamic device for generating a highly ionized ion-electron plasma at a region remote from electrodes and structural members, thus avoiding contamination of the plasma. The apparatus utilizes a closed, gas-filled, cylindrical housing in which an axially directed magnetic field is provided. At one end of the housing, a short cylindrical electrode is disposed coaxially around a short axial inner electrode. A radial electrical discharge is caused to occur between the inner and outer electrodes, creating a rotating hydromagnetic ionization wave that propagates aiong the magnetic field lines toward the opposite end of the housing. A shorting switch connected between the electrodes prevents the wave from striking the opposite end of the housing. (AEC)
- Research Organization:
- Originating Research Org. not identified
- NSA Number:
- NSA-17-036831
- Assignee:
- U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
- Patent Number(s):
- US 3104345
- OSTI ID:
- 4632108
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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