Induced nuclear reactions: processes – systems – and elements – Nuclear fusion – Plasma formed between spaced electrodes
Patent
1987-04-13
1990-03-27
Behrend, Harvey E.
Induced nuclear reactions: processes, systems, and elements
Nuclear fusion
Plasma formed between spaced electrodes
31511121, 31511181, 378119, 31323141, 31323161, G21B 100, H01J 3500
Patent
active
049127314
ABSTRACT:
A plasma focus apparatus has a field distortion element in the interelectrode gap at the breech end displaced from the sleeve of insulating material between the electrodes. As a result the neutron yield of the accelerator (which should be considered as representative of the good performance of a plasma focus device in all applications) is at least 5 times the yield in the absence of the field distortion element. A knife blade is the preferred embodiment of the field distortion element.
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