摘要
Experiments have been conducted on a plasma opening switch (POS) test-bed to investigate the influence of cathode materials made of aluminum, stainless steel, molybdenum and tungsten on opening performance for conduction time up to 3 microseconds, conduction current up to 100 kA. Remarkaly different opening characteristics have been shown for these materials,with tungsten being of the best opening performance.
Experiments have been conducted on a plasma opening switch (POS) test-bed to investigate the influence of cathode materials made of aluminum, stainless steel, molybdenum and tungsten on opening performance for conduction time up to 3 microseconds, conduction current up to 100 kA. Remarkaly different opening characteristics have been shown for these materials,with tungsten being of the best opening performance.
