APS 2003
APS 2003
ORNL Fusion Division Staff and collabortors helped put on a "Plasma Expo" at the recent American Physical Society, Division of Plasma Physics meeting in Albuquerque, NM. Nearly 1000 middle and high school students and teachers visited the Expo in its 2-day run. Plasma posters and demonstrations wre aimed at making science fun and exciting.
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Radio-Frequency power can create plasmas in a "plasma globe" and a flueorescent lamp.
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Lee Berry, Don Batchelor and Mark Carter demonstrate thermal imaging with an IR Camera.
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David Newman (University of Alaska Fairbanks) show how plasma ignites the fuel-air mixture in an automobile engine.
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A little business as Nermin Uckan talks to Jef Ongena of Euratom about the status of ITER.
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Andrew and Mark produce plasmas in ordinary light bulbs with a tesla coil.
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Andrew, Mark and Lee relax during a break in the action.
