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Air Jet Levitation Furnace System for Observing Glass Microspheres During Heating and Melting

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

Edwin C. Ethridge  and
Stanley L. Dunn
Edwin C. Ethridge
Affiliation:
Space Sciences Laboratory, ES74, Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL;
Stanley L. Dunn
Affiliation:
Bjorksten Research Laboratory, P. O. Box 9444, Madison, WI 53715
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Abstract

A collimated hole structure air jet levitation system has been developed which can be used to levitate hollow glass microspheres used in inertial confinement fusion studies. An ellipsoidal furnace has been added to the system to provide a heating source. A video camera and a 16 mm movie camera connected to a microsphere system provide real time observation as well as permanent documentation of the experiments. Microspheres have been levitated at temperatures over 1400°C for over 10 minutes at a time.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 9 , 1981 , 121
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1982

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