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The explosion of a metal wire in water, accompanied by exothermal chemical reaction with evolution of a large amount of heat, gives rise to thermal ionization of the reaction products. As a result, a dense plasma is generated and energy on the order of or greater than that initially accumulated in the storage battery is liberated.
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Translated from Pis’ma v Zhurnal Tekhnichesko\(\overset{\lower0.5em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\smile}$}}{l} \) Fiziki, Vol. 29, No. 19, 2003, pp. 13–20.
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Kortkhonjia, V.P. On the role of exothermal chemical reaction during wire explosion in water. Tech. Phys. Lett. 29, 797–800 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.1623849
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