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US 5,055,741 AGranted
Liquid coolant for high power microwave excited plasma tubes
AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
InventorLaVerne A. Schlie
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Abstract
A coolant system for a high power microwave excited plasma tube is described which comprises liquid dimethyl polysiloxane in a coolant system structure for flowing the liquid into contact with the plasma tube, the system structure comprising metallic or hard plastic materials.
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A coolant system for a high power microwave excited plasma tube which comprises:
- (a) a source of clean liquid dimethyl polysiloxane, said clean liquid dimethyl polysiloxane being dopted with an infrared absorbing material selected from the group consisting of organic and inorganic solvents;
- (b) means for circulating said clean liquid dimethyl polysiloxane into heat exchange relationship with said plasma tube;
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- (c) wherein the containment materials comprising said source of said clean liquid dimethyl polysiloxane and comprising said circulating means is selected from the group consisting of a metallic material, a hard plastic, glass, pyrex and quartz.
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