Abstract
A very high ratio gas compression device based on liquid metal conical implosion is described in this paper, which can reach a compression ratio up to 109–12. This device can produce extremely high density, high pressure, and high temperature, thermally equilibrated states by rapid but continuous compression of gaseous materials. The changes in the state parameters (temperature, pressure, density, radiation, line emission, Doppler broadening, dissociation, ionization) of the compressed material can be monitored over a very wide temperature range up to a million Kelvin. Potential applications of the device include many research fields such as chemical molecule property analyses, high density plasma production, high pressure physics, molecular and atomic physics, intermediate density nuclear fusion, sonoluminescence, etc.
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Li, C., Chen, J. & Lei, Y. A concept of very high ratio gas compression device. J Fusion Energ 35, 776–780 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10894-016-0104-z
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