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A discussion is presented on the requirements and the methods for measuring the current and voltage during the transient discharge of a capacitor bank being employed in an exploding wire experiment. A method is described for accurately calibrating the measured current, voltage, and electrical energy by comparing the calorimetric heating of a resistance element of essentially constant resistance with the electrical energy dissipated in the element. Results show that the accuracy of the energy measurement is about 1–2%.
This work was sponsored by the Advanced Research Projects Agency under Order No. 20–61.
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Tsai, D.H., Park, J.H. (1962). Calorimetric Calibration of the Electrical Energy Measurement in an Exploding Wire Experiment. In: Chace, W.G., Moore, H.K. (eds) Exploding Wires. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-7505-0_9
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