Equation of State: Manhattan Project Developments and Beyond

Crockett, Scott D.; Freibert, Franz J.

doi:10.1080/00295450.2021.1913036

Title: Equation of State: Manhattan Project Developments and Beyond

Abstract

The hydrodynamic response of materials under extreme conditions of pressure, temperature, and strain is dependent on the equation of state of the matter in all its states of existence. The Trinity plutonium implosion device development required the Los Alamos physics and engineering research community to advance the understanding of equations of state further and faster than ever before. The unpredicted high yield from the Trinity fission device explosion and the push to design the “Super” thermonuclear device initiated 75 years of unprecedented research and technological progress in equation of state development. This paper describes the progress made on equation of state development during and since the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos.

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Los Alamos National Laboratory, Physics and Chemistry of Materials Group (T-1), Theoretical Division, Los Alamos, New Mexico
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Glenn T. Seaborg Institute, National Security Education Center, Los Alamos, New Mexico

Publication Date:: 2021-11-16

Research Org.:: Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

OSTI Identifier:: 1830830

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1836995

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-21-20443
Journal ID: ISSN 0029-5450; 15

Grant/Contract Number:: 89233218CNA000001

Resource Type:: Published Article

Journal Name:: Nuclear Technology

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Name: Nuclear Technology Journal Volume: 207 Journal Issue: sup1; Journal ID: ISSN 0029-5450

Publisher:: Informa UK Limited

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 45 MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, WEAPONRY, AND NATIONAL DEFENSE; Hydrodynamics; thermodynamics; shock; allotrope, multiphase

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  title        = {Equation of State: Manhattan Project Developments and Beyond},

  author       = {Crockett, Scott D. and Freibert, Franz J.},

  abstractNote = {The hydrodynamic response of materials under extreme conditions of pressure, temperature, and strain is dependent on the equation of state of the matter in all its states of existence. The Trinity plutonium implosion device development required the Los Alamos physics and engineering research community to advance the understanding of equations of state further and faster than ever before. The unpredicted high yield from the Trinity fission device explosion and the push to design the “Super” thermonuclear device initiated 75 years of unprecedented research and technological progress in equation of state development. This paper describes the progress made on equation of state development during and since the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos.},

  doi          = {10.1080/00295450.2021.1913036},

  journal      = {Nuclear Technology},

  number       = sup1,

  volume       = 207,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {2021},

  month        = {11}

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