A titanium hydride gun for plasma injection into the T2-reversed field pinch device

A study of a plasma gun (modified Bostic type) with titanium hydride electr odes has been carried out. The total number of released hydrogen atoms was in the range 10(16)-10(18) and the maximum plasma flow velocity was 2.5 x 1 0(5) m s(-1). The ion density near the gun edge reached 1.8 x 10(20) m(-3) and the electron temperature was around 40 eV as estimated from probe measu rements. No species other than hydrogen or titanium were seen in the plasma line radiation. The plasma injector was successfully used for gas pre-ioni zation in the Extrap T2 reversed-field pinch device (ohmic heating toroidal experiment (OHTE)).