Century Plasma Chamber (IMAGE)

Zap Energy

Century Plasma Chamber

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Century generates sheared-flow-stabilized Z pinch plasmas inside this vacuum chamber that carry electrical current stronger than a bolt of lightning. The system is repetitively pulsed at a rate of up to one plasma every five seconds for hundreds of shots in a row.

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Zap Energy

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