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...after three weeks, as more and more of its red cells die, it may do more harm than good, and its use is prohibited. Time-expired blood can be salvaged up to the 26th day by removing the cells, which are thrown away, and saving the virtually imperishable plasma, used for burned patients and patients who are in shock...
Although primary emphasis will be placed on the use of intense extend magnetic fields for the study of solid papers about the generation of high magnetic fields as well as their use of plasma (ionized gas) physics, nuclear physics, solid state physics and biology will be presented. Biological effects magnetic fields have only recently attracted much attention and this costs once will provide the first opportune for researchers in this field to meet...
Swift Flash. The power for Republic's engine is produced by a plasma* which responds instantly to magnetic forces, thus permitting its particles to be accelerated to extremely high speeds. At the heart of the engine are two aluminum electrodes, 8 in. in diameter and about 1 in. apart. The electrodes are connected to a charged, 3,000-volt capacitor, but as long as the gap between them is a high vacuum (the engine works only in the vacuum of space), no spark of electricity can arc across. Every second or so, when a small amount of nitrogen...
This enormous speed, many times as fast as a chemical rocket's exhaust, is the secret of the plasma engine's promise. All space engines must shoot something astern to gain their thrust, and as the exhaust speed rises, the engine becomes more efficient. Republic's plasma engine can run for a year on 1 Ib. of nitrogen...
...heavy rocket from the earth's gravitation. Engines designed for use after a vehicle has been lofted into orbit need only a little thrust, but they must exert it for a long time, using only a whiff of fuel. Alfred E. Kunen, director of Republic's Plasma Propulsion Laboratory, explained that the plasma pinch engine will get its electricity from solar cells and store it temporarily in a battery. When thrust is needed, the engine can work continuously for months or years, consuming only a small amount of nitrogen...