The electron conductivity of deuterium plasma behind a strong shock wave has been measured by the method of displaced magnetic flux. At shock-wave velocities from 0.9 × 107 to 1.25 × 107 cm/sec electron temperatures of 50 and 90 eV have been found. A comparison between the observed electron temperature and the electron temperature computed from the shock-wave velocity has been made. Piezoelectric measurements and compression of plasma by a strong magnetic field yield exactly the same value of the gas-kinetic pressure of plasma.
Thermalization of the kinetic energy of a plasma flow by a magnetic mirror field in BSG-I experiments