Abstract
An exploding-wire breaker that operates in the temperature range of 77-4. 2 degree K is described. Spent wires can be replaced without warming of the cryostat. The breaker is tested in a circuit with a pulsed inductive storage device and a synchronized control supply. When a quasiconstant current of 3 kA with a density of 5 multiplied by (times) 10**5 A/cm**2 is switched, 40 kV is obtained in the wires with an average electric strength in the explosion channels of less than 8 kV/cm.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1196-1198 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Instruments and experimental techniques New York |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue number | 5 pt 2 |
| Publication status | Published - Sep 1986 |
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ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Engineering (miscellaneous)
- Instrumentation
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Amelin, G. P., Bludov, A. I., Guesl'nikov, V. I., Kolyadin, N. M., Kuroedov, Y. D., & Mashchenko, A. I. (1986). CRYOGENIC EXPLODING-WIRE BREAKER. Instruments and experimental techniques New York, 29(5 pt 2), 1196-1198.