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In the transient mode of the electrical explosion of a copper wire a redistribution of the explosion products takes place during the escape of the particles. This observation is confirmed by high-speed optical photographs and also by reference to the appearance of the deposited film.
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Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Mekhaniki i Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki, No. 1, pp. 161–163, January–February, 1974.
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Grevtsev, N.V., Zolotukhin, V.D., Kashurnikov, Y.M. et al. One form of stratification in the electric explosion of wires. J Appl Mech Tech Phys 15, 132–133 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00850743
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00850743