FLUORIDE SALTS AS SUPERSONIC NOZZLE MATERIALS FOR HOT FLUORINE

Authors
ERICSON T COPELAND K KEIL M APELBLAT Y FAN YB
Citation
T. Ericson et al., FLUORIDE SALTS AS SUPERSONIC NOZZLE MATERIALS FOR HOT FLUORINE, Review of scientific instruments, 65(11), 1994, pp. 3587-3588
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Applied","Instument & Instrumentation
Journal title
Review of scientific instruments → ACNP
ISSN journal
00346748
Volume
65
Issue
11
Year of publication
1994
Pages
3587 - 3588
Database
ISI
SICI code
0034-6748(1994)65:11<3587:FSASNM>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
An intense supersonic beam of atomic fluorine has been generated using nozzles fabricated from single-crystal CaF2 and MgF2. The latter mate rial has been tested up to 1000-degrees-C with no observable damage. T his is > 250-degrees-C hotter than previously achieved, increasing the atomic beam intensity by > 5X.