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High-Speed Cinemicrographic Studies of Electrically Exploded Metal Films

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Exploding metal films exhibit a striation phenomenon which has been previously reported [1], Studies of exploding films of aluminum on a glass substrate indicate that these striations are essentially perpendicular to the apparent current path and become visible early in the discharge as bright transverse regions from which aluminum is rapidly evaporated.

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  1. L. Zernow, G. Woffinden, and F. Wright, Jr., “High Speed Photographic Studies of Electrically Exploded Metal Films and Wires”, Fifth International Congress on High-Speed Photography, Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, Washington, D.C., October 16–22, 1960.

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  2. L. Zernow and G. Woffinden, in “Exploding Wires,” Vol. 1, W.G. Chace and H. K. Moore [eds.], Plenum Press, New York, 1959, p. 170.

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  1. Aerojet-General Corporation, Downey, California, USA

    L. Zernow, F. Wright Jr. & G. Woffinden

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  1. Geophysics Research Directorate Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories, Office of Aerospace Research, USA

    William G. Chace

  2. Lowell Technological Institute Research Foundation, USA

    Howard K. Moore

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Zernow, L., Wright, F., Woffinden, G. (1962). High-Speed Cinemicrographic Studies of Electrically Exploded Metal Films. In: Chace, W.G., Moore, H.K. (eds) Exploding Wires. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-7505-0_20

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