skip to main content
OSTI.GOV title logo U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Title: ENERGY CONVERSION IN CLUDING MAGNETOAERODYNAMIC STUDIES AND THERMIONIC CONVERTERS. THERMIONIC CONVERTER STUDIES. Semiannual Technical Report, January 1-June 30, 1961

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:4790390

A plane-parallel cesium thermionic converter was constructed. A second converter, which permits spectrographic determination of cesium species temperatures and densities, was designed. Analytical studies of plasma and sheath phenomena occurring in high pressure operation of a converter are in progress. Elastic scattering cross sections and momentum transfer cross sections for collisions of low energy were previously calculated. A literature survey of transition probabilities for transttions from the ground state in cesium was conducted and a tabulation of experimental values made. (auth)

Research Organization:
Aerospace Corp., El Segundo, Calif.
DOE Contract Number:
AF04(647)-594
NSA Number:
NSA-16-016800
OSTI ID:
4790390
Report Number(s):
AD-266440; TDR-594(1201-03)TR1
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-62
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English