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1) Electromagnetic radiation is emitted by all objects with a temperature above absolute zero and travels at the speed of light. The amount of radiation emitted increases rapidly with temperature.
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There has not been found any previous study on the electric plasma modeling. Thus, this study was aimed to
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temperature of the electron in the plasma glow before and after heated and to discover how was the distribution
of electron and ion in the plasma. This research was conducted at Brawijaya University, Malang, Indonesia in
the Faculty of Science. This exploration began in the middle of June 2013. The data collection and data analysis
were done during a year around until August 2014. In this research, characteristics of plasma were studied to
build model of plasma. It utilized MATLAB dialect program examination framework which result in the
distribution of temperature and current density. The findings show that there has been a large increase in the
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after increase at point then stable. The differences appearing are probably due to the simplifying assumptions
considered in the present model. There was a curve between current in sheath and plasma. And time and sheath
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2. The research question aims to test whether increasing the distance between the light source and metal decreases the stopping potential, as per photoelectric theory.
3. The experiment measured stopping potential using different color filters and distances between a tungsten lamp and photoelectric module to determine the relationship between distance and stopping potential.
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- Planck explained blackbody radiation by proposing that electromagnetic radiation is emitted and absorbed in discrete 'quanta' with energy proportional to frequency. This ended the "ultraviolet catastrophe" of classical physics.
- De Broglie associated waves with all particles, suggesting light has both wave-like and particle-like properties. This was confirmed through experiments and led to the modern concept of wave-particle duality.
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Emission this is the process whereby electrons are emitted (given out) from a substance.
Electron emission this is the process of liberating electrons from the metal surface.
WAYS OF EMITTING ELECTRONS
There are four ways of emitting electrons which are:
THERMIONIC EMISSION Is the process of emitting electrons by applying heat energy. OR is the discharge of electrons from the surfaces of heated materials.
PHOTO ELECTRIC EMISSION Is the process of emitting electrons by application of light energy.
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Wave-particle duality is demonstrated through several experiments:
1) The photoelectric effect shows that light behaves as particles (photons) that transfer discrete packets of energy.
2) Compton scattering shows that X-rays behave as particles that can collide with and transfer momentum to electrons.
3) Electron diffraction demonstrates the wave-like properties of electrons through interference and diffraction patterns.
4) The double-slit experiment shows interference patterns for particles like electrons, atoms, and molecules, demonstrating their wave-like properties.
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2. Einstein's interpretation of the photoelectric effect explained experimental results by proposing light behaves as discrete photons with energy E=hf, rather than as a wave.
3. The Compton effect demonstrated light scattering off electrons, supported by photon momentum and verifying light has particle properties.
4. De Broglie's hypothesis established all matter has an associated wavelength, verifying particles exhibit wave-particle duality like light.
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1) Classical mechanics and Maxwell's equations can explain macroscopic phenomena but quantum mechanics is needed to explain microscopic phenomena such as atomic structure.
2) Quantum mechanics arose from the need to explain physical phenomena not accounted for by classical physics, including blackbody radiation, the photoelectric effect, atomic spectra, and specific heat of solids.
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1. Proceedings of the Space Nuclear Conference 2005
San Diego, California, June 5-9, 2005
Paper 1170
Ab Initio Thermometry For Long-Term Unattended Space Reactor
Operation
David E. Holcomb1a
, Roger A. Kisner1b
, and Charles L. Britton Jr.2
1a
Nuclear Science and Technology Division, and 1b
Engineering Science and Technology Division,
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA
2
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA
1a
(865) 576-7889, HolcombDE@ornl.gov
Abstract – A primary difference between terrestrial and remotely located reactors is the ability to
periodically recalibrate and replace the instrumentation. Because of this, space reactors place a
premium on non-drifting, long-term reliable instrumentation. Two widely recognized temperature
measurement techniques rely directly on fundamental phenomena. Radiation thermometry (RT) is
based upon the variation of the emission of light from a surface with changes in its temperature.
The origin of this surface radiance is the acceleration (oscillation) of the electrical charges within
the material. Johnson noise thermometry (JNT), correspondingly, is based on electrically
measuring the random vibrations of the charges in a resistor. Since temperature is defined as the
mean translational kinetic energy of an atomic ensemble both measurement techniques are, in
pure form, ab initio.
Daunting technical challenges must be overcome to apply either of these techniques to space
reactors. Both techniques rely upon precise measurement electronics that must be implemented in
a radiation-tolerant form. Further, RT relies upon both invariance in the optical path between the
measured surface and the condition of that surface. Consequently, both must be controlled
throughout the mission for successful fundamental RT implementation. Johnson noise is a small
signal, wide-band phenomenon, which must be distinguished from competing mechanical
vibrations and external electromagnetic noises. In addition, the capacitance of the signal cable
between the resistive element and measurement electronics and the input electronic circuitry itself
spectrally distorts the Johnson noise, which limits the allowable separation between the delicate
measurement electronics and the reactor. This paper provides an overview and analysis of
possible RT and JNT implementations for space nuclear power reactors.
I. INTRODUCTION
A key distinguishing feature of space nuclear fission
power is the inaccessibility of the reactor for component
service and replacement. While it is highly desirable for a
reactor design to have strong inherent stability such that
no control adjustments would be required to compensate
for fuel burn-up or component degradation, this does not
appear achievable in the upcoming generation of space
reactors. Temperature is one of the most important
variables measured to verify proper operation of a reactor.
The consequences of reactor operation (particularly low-
mass space reactors without the large thermomechanical
margins characteristic of their terrestrial counterparts)
outside of their design temperature range can be
catastrophic in certain situations even for relatively small,
short-term deviations. Further, the requirement for
accurate temperature measurement tends to be more
rigorous later in the reactor’s design life when its
structural materials have accumulated most of their
anticipated radiation damage. However, after long-term
operation is likely when temperature measurement is most
uncertain. Both the high temperatures and radiation
environments of nuclear reactors over time cause the
physical properties of even extremely durable component
materials of high temperature thermometers to drift. The
requirement for high-accuracy measurement combined
with the inevitable drift in the material properties of
temperature transducers results in high merit being placed
on temperature measurements that depend on invariant,
fundamental phenomena. While both the specific
radiation tolerance of the measurement instrumentation
and knowledge of the spacecraft external radiation
environment are critical to successful system deployment,
both are highly mission and reactor specific and are
therefore beyond the scope of this paper. Only two
realistically deployable temperature measurement
technologies exist that rely on fundamental physics for
their measure of temperature.
2. II. BACKGROUND
II.A. Radiation Thermometry
Radiation thermometry (RT) relies upon the variation
of temperature-induced light emission from a surface with
changes in its temperature. The origin of this surface
radiance is the acceleration (vibration) of the atoms within
the material. Conservation of momentum dictates that
anytime a particle undergoes acceleration, such as the
continuous changes in direction of electrons as they orbit
nuclei, it must emit a particle with equal and opposing
momentum. In the case of nuclei and electrons vibrating
with temperature, photons are the emitted particles. This
emission inherently takes place continuously from all
materials. As acceleration of the electrons and nuclei
within materials is a direct consequence of temperature,
the amount of light generated varies directly with
temperature. The increasing magnitude of acceleration
with increasing temperature results in both more emitted
photons and larger energies on average for those photons.
Neighboring atoms in opaque materials efficiently
reabsorb the photons emitted by internal atoms.
However, externally directed photons with origins near
the surface can escape a material. The probability that
thermally emitted photons will escape a material’s surface
is referred to as its emissivity. The emissivity of a
material is dependent on its physical and chemical
properties, so while the origins of thermally emitted light
are fundamental and material independent, the actual
character of the emitted light from a surface is not. This
means that some implementations of RT are not
fundamental and are vulnerable to material property
shifts.
To overcome material surface condition dependence
of RT, another property of surface emission is exploited.
Conservation of energy dictates that an interior photon
approaching a material’s surface must be emitted,
reflected, or absorbed. The same is true for externally
located photons impinging on a surface. Also, to be at
constant temperature another photon must be emitted for
each one absorbed, thus effectively restricting the surface
photon interaction options to emission or reflection. All
materials have some probability of emission and some of
reflection. For example, shiny metals have high
reflectivity and correspondingly low emissivity. Consider
a lacuna entirely contained within a material. Every
photon emitted from the lacuna’s enveloping surface is
matched by one absorbed establishing a constant
temperature electromagnetic equilibrium. Due to the
practically infinite number of emissions and reflections
involved in creating the electromagnetic equilibrium, the
particular value of the material’s emission and reflection
coefficients do not alter the character of the equilibrium.
Even for a near perfect mirror material, photons would be
absorbed and re-emitted many times per second. This
phenomenon can be exploited to produce a quasi-
fundamental temperature measurement by arranging a
material’s surface such that any emitted photon must
undergo multiple emissions and reflections before finally
escaping the material. Conceptually this resembles
poking a small hole in a shallowly buried lacuna in a
material. The characteristics of the emerging light from
such an arrangement are essentially independent of the
characteristics of the material or its surface, resulting in a
quasi-fundamental representation of temperature. This
arrangement is referred to as a blackbody emitter since
the emitted light characteristics are those for an ideal
material with an emissivity of one.
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(spectral radiance) by a blackbody was first derived by
Planck from quantum mechanics—
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several key points about thermal radiation. For all
wavelengths, the amount of radiation emitted increases
with temperature. As temperature increases, relatively
more radiation is emitted at progressively shorter
wavelengths.
II.B. Johnson Noise Thermometry
Johnson noise thermometry (JNT) is also based on
measuring the temperature defining random vibrations of
atomic ensemble within a material. Temperature causes
the charges (electrons and nuclei) within a material to
move. This motion results in a random, zero mean noise
voltage across any electrically resistive material whose
amplitude varies directly with temperature. The Nyquist
equation describes the voltage produced by the vibration
of the electrons within a resistor at a given temperature
thus providing a mathematical relationship between
temperature, resistance, and voltage generated. For
frequencies below a few gigahertz, the relationship
between the absolute temperature of a resistor (T), its
resistance (R), the frequency band of measurement Δf, and
the measured mean-square noise voltage is:
V2
! 4kBTR"f (2)
3. All of the parameters in equation (2) are either
fundamental or directly measured. Since Johnson noise is
a fundamental representation of temperature (rather than a
response to temperature such as electrical resistance or
thermoelectric potential), Johnson noise is immune from
chemical and mechanical changes in the material
properties of the sensor.
JNT has been applied to in-core temperature
measurement for more than thirty yearsi
and more
generally, Johnson noise has been used for temperature
measurement for more than fifty years.ii
JNT has recently
been employed in space on the International Space Station
(ISS).iii
For the ISS, a JNT based temperature
measurement system was developed for a crystal growing
furnace at 1800 °C. Overviews of the application of
Johnson noise thermometry to space nuclear reactors were
published by ORNL in 2004iv
and 1989.v
III. SPACE REACTOR IMPLEMENTATION
III.A. RT Overview and Challenges
Radiation-based temperature measurement can be
made using brightness within a narrow wavelength band.
Such a device is referred to as a single-color pyrometer.
These devices measure the intensity of intercepted
thermal radiation. Band selection is determined by the
temperature range and the type of material to be
measured. Single-color pyrometers provide grossly errant
(non fundamental) measurements of temperature for
situations involving varying emittance of the radiating
object or any other factor that attenuates or distorts the
photon path. An improvement on the single-color
pyrometer is the ratiometic or two-color pyrometer, which
measures temperatures based on two (or more) discrete
wavelengths. The ratio of the brightness in separate
wavelengths reduces uncertainty introduced by variation
in the absolute intensity. Thus, the advantage of ratio
measurement is that temperature readings are more
independent of emissivity fluctuations and sight path
obscuration. By increasing the number of colors
measured, the method becomes a point wise
reconstruction of Planck’s blackbody curve. The more
points used, the less detrimental the effects of emittance
uncertainty and spectrally dependent optical path
attenuation. With a many-point spectral measurement,
the thermometry system is answering the question: “At
what temperature must the object be such that it would
generate a blackbody curve of the measured shape?”
In order to realize a fundamental, material
independent temperature measurement, however, the
condition of the surface needs to be removed from the
photon emission probability. This can be implemented by
placing a blackbody emitter in good thermal contact with
the surface whose temperature is being measured. The
central problem with implementing a thermally contacting
blackbody in a space reactor environment is material
compatibility of the blackbody with both the reactor
component materials and the surrounding environment.
To realize high thermal efficiencies, space reactor
components will be at high temperatures. This limits the
choice of materials to carbon based materials, refractory
alloys, or high nickel content alloys (at lower
temperatures).
Although carbon is a preferred high-temperature,
blackbody material because of its high emissivity, carbon
will react with many high temperature structural materials
and oxidizing environments (such as on Mars). A
blackbody fabrication technique, which is more generally
compatible, is to employ a highly pocketed surface of the
same material as the component surface in which light
will experience multiple reflections in the emission
process. “Black” tungsten or rhenium surfaces are
commonly implemented in this form. These highly
dendritic surface morphologies are produced by chemical
vapor deposition (CVD), which provides emissivities
greater than 0.95 and continuous operating capability to
3300 K. Examples of such surfaces are shown in Figure 1
(a and b). Further, by fabricating the blackbody out of the
same material as the outer coating of the reactor
component, material compatibility with the local
environment is ensured.
4. (a)
(b)
Figure 1. Tungsten (a) And Rhenium (b) Grown With Dendritic Surface Morphology To Provide A Quasi-Blackbody
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Light emission from the monitored reactor
components needs to be transmitted to the measurement
electronics located away from the harsh reactor
environment. Several different implementations are
available to accomplish this, each with their own
advantages and weaknesses.
For extreme dose situations, the light must initially be
guided from the measurement location using a hollow
core light-guide. All known materials darken
unacceptably in the intense radiation field of a nuclear
reactor core. However, reflective technologies are
available that have been shown to withstand comparable
environments.vi,vii
Conceptually, a hollow-core light-
guide is simply a mirror that has been formed into a tube
(see Figure 2). These guides would be fitted at the distal
end with a blackbody device and thermally connected to
the reactor component being measured. For lower total
dose locations, several different optical transmission
technologies are possible: (1) hollow-core light guides
with relaxed temperature and radiation tolerance
(meaning less exotic construction materials); (2) optical
fibers; and (3) relay optics (i.e., telescope). Hollow-core
light guides for temperatures below 800 K can be
constructed of materials more easily processed than
refractory metal alloys.viii,ix
For total doses up to about
104
Gy, pure silica core, fluorosilica clad, multimode
optical fibers are suitable light guides. x
Relay optics are
another alternative for transmitting the light back to the
measurement electronics. This implementation, however,
does not provide an enclosed light path and is therefore
subject to fouling making the implementation non-
fundamental in all but very clean environments.
Refractory Tube
(smooth interior finish)
Mirror Coating
Cut-Away View of Light Guide
Figure 2. Hollow core light guide concept.
A highly stable, relatively radiation tolerant,
spectrally sensitive light measurement system is required
to measure the emerging light. The spectral selection is
typically implemented using an optical grating and a
spatially addressable photo-detector. Traditionally,
optical measurements in high-radiation environments
have been made using vacuum-tube-based cameras
because of their very high radiation tolerance. The main
limitations of photoconductor-based cameras are their
price, their relatively larger mass, and their physical
fragility. Solid-state photodetectors are currently almost
universally employed for non-high-radiation
environments. Current generation radiation hardened
charge injection device (CID) type solid-state cameras
continue to function in radiation environments (to 10 kGy
total dose) with small radiation induced drift. While
highly stable, neither of these optical measurement
techniques are fundamental and, therefore, depend more
fully on careful engineering to achieve low, long-term
measurement uncertainty.
III.B. JNT Overview and Challenges
JNT is best understood as a continuous, first-
principles re-calibration methodology for a conventional
resistance-based temperature measurement technique.
The traditional method of directly measuring temperature
from a resistance temperature detector (RTD) has
unavoidable, unacceptable drift. JNT measurement is
applied in parallel to the RTD lead wires of the resistance
measurement circuit without altering the traditional
resistance measurement circuit.
5. To make a temperature measurement using Johnson
noise in the present measurement implementation, the
frequency response of the measurement system must be
known as well as the sensor resistance. Temperature is
then computed by dividing the power spectral density of
the noise voltage by 4kBR. Because of the statistical
nature of the voltage measurement, there is uncertainty in
the solution, which is progressively decreased by
increasing the integration time of the measurement.
A direct measurement of the Johnson noise for
temperature determination presents several challenges.
First, the amplifier gain needs to be both known and
stable. Second, the amplifier passband and filtering
effects of connection cabling must be known to within the
required measurement accuracy. Finally, the resistance of
the sensor must be independently and accurately
measured. To avoid these difficulties, early Johnson
noise thermometers performed a ratio of two noise
voltage measurements, one with a resistor at the
measurement temperature and the other at a known
temperature, switched onto a single amplifier channel.
However, changing the connection of the sensor to the
high-gain measurement circuit introduced noise and
decreased reliability.
More modern JNT architectures implement the
resistance and noise voltage measurement in parallel. A
block diagram illustrating the combined measurement
process is shown in Figure 3. In the diagram, the RTD,
which is exposed to process temperature, exhibits both a
resistance value and Johnson noise. These two signals are
separable and thus can be processed independently. The
RTD’s resistance temperature value is compared with the
Johnson noise temperature and a correction is made to the
transfer function. This correction can be made quasi-
continuously or on a periodic basis depending on the
RTD’s drift and target uncertainty values. As shown in
Figure 3, the output of the RTD resistance measurement
system with Johnson noise correction periodically applied
provides a prompt temperature measurement with
consistently high accuracy.
The Johnson noise augmentation to RTD temperature
measurement requires additional electronics. The
electronics require Junction Field Effect Transistor
(JFET)-based high-gain amplifiers and digital signal
processing logic. JFETs are a majority carrier type of
transistor that do not require oxide insulation layers.
Consequently, when properly implemented, JFETs are
much more radiation tolerant than alternate topologies.
Johnson noise is fundamentally a small signal, whose
frequency content is significant to the measurement. The
capacitance of long cables reduces the amplitude of high-
frequency signals; therefore, the Johnson noise
measurement is restricted to low frequencies for long
cable lengths. Lower bandwidth increases the interval
between Johnson noise corrections of the RTD transfer
function.
The most significant practical difficulty in implementing
JNT is eliminating the contaminating noise sources
arising from other phenomena. The noise contribution
from the amplifier circuitry can be greatly decreased by
connecting the RTD in parallel to two separate high input
impedance amplifiers. The output of these amplifiers is
partially correlated since each consists of the sum of a
correlated noise voltage and uncorrelated amplifier noise
voltage. If two Johnson noise amplifier signals,
connected to the same resistance, are combined and time
averaged, the correlated part of the noise will persist, but
the uncorrelated amplifier noise will approach zero.
Figure 4 illustrates the concept of cross-correlation; the
measured voltage from one amplifier channel is Fourier
transformed and multiplied by the other to form a cross
power spectral density (CPSD), effectively eliminating
the noise contribution from the amplifier electronics.
6. Figure 3. Johnson Noise Thermometry Measurement Process Block Diagram
Figure 4. Power spectral density of each amplifier channel containing both correlated and uncorrelated noise and the CPSD
Function from both amplifiers containing only correlated noise.
Johnson noise is a small-signal phenomenon. For a
300 K measurement using a 100 Ω resistor and a 100 kHz
frequency band, the root of the mean squared noise
voltage is approximately 4x10-7
V. As such,
electromagnetic interference spikes and microphonics are
two of the biggest problems for a practical
implementation of JNT. In many situations, these effects
can completely dominate the noise measurement. This
puts a premium on well-implemented grounding,
shielding, and filtering. A complementary technique to
reduce these effects is to use both knowledge of the
spectral energy content of Johnson noise and digital signal
processing to recognize and eliminate interferences.
Typically, narrowband electromagnetic interference
(EMI) appears as spikes in the long-term average CPSD
that can be recognized and removed with only a small
reduction in measurement bandwidth as illustrated in
Figure 5.
Figure 5. CPSD with Narrowband EMI Spikes
Typical cables exhibit a capacitance of approximately
100 pF/m. The maximum available bandwidth versus
cable length for a 100 Ω RTD that exhibits loss of less
7. than 0.1 percent of the noise power is shown on Figure 6,
given a 50 pF input capacitance of the field-effect
transistors (FET). If support electronics were located
25 m from the sensor, the JNT would have a maximum
available bandwidth of approximately 20 kHz, given the
assumptions above. Under the high temperature and
radiation environment of a space nuclear reactor, the
cable capacitance will change over time. One way of
compensating for the cable effect is to periodically
measure its input impedance and calculate its transfer
function. However, the best technique remains to locate
the first-stage amplifier near the sensor.
Figure 6. Cable bandwidth as a function of length.
IV. CONCLUSIONS
A principal difference between space and terrestrial
nuclear reactors is the ability to periodically recalibrate
and if necessary replace reactor instrumentation.
Accurate temperature measurement is required to
obtained high reactor power to mass ratios for reliable
reactor designs. The physical properties of all known
materials degrade significantly over time when subjected
to a harsh (high radiation and high temperature) space
reactor environment. Some form of an ab initio type
thermometer is therefore required for long-duration space
reactor missions. A comparison of the strengths and
weaknesses of the two techniques is shown as Table 1.
Table 1. Comparison of Strengths and Weaknesses of RT
and JNT
RT JNT
Most significant
limitation for
space reactor Ab
Initio
implementation
Light-guide
reflectance
efficiency
changes with
time, dose, and
temperature
Spectrally-
dependent cable
shifts results in
signal distortion
with time, dose,
and temperature
Largest
technology
uncertainty
High
temperature,
high dose light-
guide
performance
Radiation
tolerant, high-
gain amplifier
electronics
availability and
stability
Most
advantageous
implementation
conditions
Long separations
between reactor
and
measurement
electronics with
only short light-
paths in high
dose
environments
High transducer
doses with
reactor
temperatures <
1700 K and
electronics
located in a well
shielded
environment
near the reactor
Both RT and JNT can be implemented in
fundamental forms such that drifts in the properties of the
transducers do not alter the measured temperatures.
However, both of the methodologies require sophisticated
implementations to achieve drift-free performance that
have not been demonstrated under environmental
conditions that are representative of a space reactor.
Consequently, significant amounts of temperature
measurement engineering remains before long-term
reliable space reactors with high power to mass ratios can
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