Air jet levitation furnace system for observing glass microspheres during heating and melting
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.
- Publication:
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Materials Processing in the Reduced Gravity Environment of Space
- Pub Date:
- 1982
- Bibcode:
- 1982mprg.proc..121E
- Keywords:
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- Air Jets;
- Furnaces;
- Glass;
- Inertial Confinement Fusion;
- Levitation Melting;
- Microgravity Applications;
- Nuclear Fuels;
- Pellets;
- Photographic Recording;
- Space Commercialization;
- Spheres;
- Test Facilities;
- Engineering (General)