VACUUM-ARC PLASMA CENTRIFUGE EXPERIMENT

被引:8
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作者
DELBOSCO, E [1 ]
DALLAQUA, RS [1 ]
BITTENCOURT, JA [1 ]
LUDWIG, GO [1 ]
机构
[1] INST PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS,DEPT AERON,SAO JOSE CAMPOS 12201 SP,BRAZIL
关键词
Isotopes--Separation - Magnesium and Alloys - Mass Spectrometers - Plasmas--Probes;
D O I
10.1109/27.41185
中图分类号
O35 [流体力学]; O53 [等离子体物理学];
学科分类号
070204 ; 080103 ; 080704 ;
摘要
The authors describe the vacuum-arc plasma centrifuge developed at the Institute for Space Research (INPE) in Brazil. The experiment is characterized by its relatively small dimensions. Angular rotation frequencies in the range of 1.9 × 105 rad/s to 3.5 × 105 rad/s, measured with Langmuir probes, are presented for a magnesium plasma. Enrichments of 15% for 25Mg and 26% for 26Mg were measured with a quadrupole mass spectrometer. The dependence of magnesium isotope enrichments upon the magnetic field is also presented. It is noted that the existence of an optimum value for the B field is important for future scaling laws of plasma centrifuges.
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页码:701 / 704
页数:4
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