Polymer shells by the droplet method

Conference · Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1979

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1116/1.570900· OSTI ID:7085587

Kool, L B; Nolen, R L; Sherwood, K W

An AMFJ is used to generate a stream of identical droplets of a polymer solution by the break up of a column of polymer solution resulting from Rayleigh jet instabilities. Selected droplets from this stream are then charged and deflected by an electric field into a vertical furnace. As the solvent evaporates, a polymer bubble is formed which hardens into a shell by the time it reaches the bottom of the furnace. By varying the polymer, solvent, temperature, and droplet size, we have been able to make polymer shells with a wide range of selected diameters and aspect ratios. Using an acoustically modulated fluid jet we have produced various polymer shells with narrow distributions of diameters.

• Research Organization: KMS Fusion, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC08-78DP40030
• OSTI ID: 7085587
• Report Number(s): KMSF-U-1014; CONF-801037-28; TRN: 81-002543
• Resource Relation: Journal Volume: 18; Journal Issue: 3; Conference: American Vacuum Society conference, Detroit, MI, USA, 13 Oct 1980
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
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TARGETS
060201* - Fusion Fuels- Fabrication & Testing- (1980-1987)