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’Twas the night before Christmas when all through the house
No electrons were flowing through even my mouse.
All devices were plugged by the chimney with care
With the hope that St. Nikola Tesla would share.
Robert C. Cook, Stephan A. Letts, Steven R. Buckley, Evelyn Fearon
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 49 | Number 4 | May 2006 | Pages 802-808
Technical Paper | Target Fabrication | doi.org/10.13182/FST06-A1204
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An engineering model is presented for the removal of the plastic mandrel from the inside of a sputtered Be shell. The removal is accomplished by forcing heated air in and out of the 4 to 5 m laser drilled fill hole in the capsule wall by cycling the external pressure between 2 and 5 atm. The plastic is combusted to CO2 and H2O by this exposure, thus removing the mandrel. Calculations are presented to evaluate the various parameters in the approach. Experimental confirmation of the effectiveness of the removal is shown.
