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The Electrical and Optical Properties of Rapidly Exploded Wires

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Exploding Wires

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A series of experiments has been performed on exploding small wires in times less than 10−7 sec with peak specific power levels between 5 · 1012 and 2 · 1014 w/mol. The processes occurring in the wire prior to and during the explosion process have been studied.

This research was supported by the U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Contract AF 49(638)-1063 and Aeronautical Systems Division, Air Force Systems Command, U.S. Air Force Contract AF 33(616)-8230.

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  1. Electro-Optical Systems, Inc., Pasadena, California, USA

    Francis H. Webb Jr. & Henry H. Hilton

  2. Department of Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA

    Paul H. Levine & Alvin V. Tollestrup

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  1. Geophysics Research Directorate Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories, Office of Aerospace Research, USA

    William G. Chace

  2. Lowell Technological Institute Research Foundation, USA

    Howard K. Moore

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Webb, F.H., Hilton, H.H., Levine, P.H., Tollestrup, A.V. (1962). The Electrical and Optical Properties of Rapidly Exploded Wires. In: Chace, W.G., Moore, H.K. (eds) Exploding Wires. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-7505-0_6

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