The Vikhr Plasma Focus Device for Diagnosing the Radiation-Thermal Resistance of Materials Intended for Thermonuclear Energy and Aerospace Engineering

Instruments and Experimental Techniques. 2020. Vol. 63. No. 1. P. 68–76.

Gribkov V. A., Borovitskaya I. V., Demin A. S., Morozov E. V., Maslyaev S. A., Pimenov V. N., Golikov A. V., Dulatov A. K., Bondarenko G.G., Gaydar A. I.

A Vikhr plasma-beam device of the Dense Plasma Focus (DPF) type with an energy of ~5 kJ has
been recently put into operation at the Baikov Institute of Metallurgy and Material Science. The device, the
design of its components, and its parameters are described. The physical processes that occur in the DPF
working chamber during generation of beams of fast electrons, ions, cumulative jets of a hot plasma, hard X
rays, and neutrons (if deuterium is used as a working gas) are considered. Experiments have been conducted
with the aim of testing energy-saving DPF circuits using a new power supply circuit of the DPF chamber,
which contains a crowbar gap and an electronic delay circuit. The device is used for testing, diagnosing, and
modifying the radiation-thermal resistance of various materials intended for use in the thermonuclear power
engineering and aerospace engineering. The first experiments with this device in radiation testing of materials
and aerospace materials science are described.

Keywords: нейтроны, Deuterium, дейтерий, neutrons, установка "Плазменный фокус", Plasma Focus Device