Hollow droplet generator for polymer shell production

Journal Article · Thu May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1986 · J. Vac. Sci. Technol., A; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1116/1.573425· OSTI ID:5653743

Crawley, R

Small, spherical, polymer shells are used as fuel containers in inertial fusion experiments. These shells have traditionally been made by spray drying or more recently using droplet generators. It has proven difficult to control product size and wall thickness for thermosetting materials. In this work we describe a dual orifice droplet generator for making hollow shell preforms. The inner orifice injects bubbles of a desired gas into the polymer solution droplet stream. The stream is agitated using a piezoelectric diaphragm and produces uniformly sized hollow droplets. Shells formed from these hollow preforms have tight distributions of diameter and wall thickness.

• Research Organization: KMS Fusion, Inc., Ann Arbor, Michigan 48106
• DOE Contract Number: AC08-82DP40152
• OSTI ID: 5653743
• Journal Information: J. Vac. Sci. Technol., A; (United States), Vol. 4:3
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
INERTIAL CONFINEMENT
MICROSPHERES
REACTOR FUELING
FABRICATION
POLYMERS
DROPLETS
LASER TARGETS
SHELLS
THICKNESS
CONFINEMENT
DIMENSIONS
PARTICLES
PLASMA CONFINEMENT
TARGETS
700208* - Fusion Power Plant Technology- Inertial Confinement Technology