Fabrication of the 3.2 gram Pegasus-II aluminum liner and load components of the Liner Ejecta Experiment

Fabrication of the 3.2 gram Pegasus-II 1100 series aluminum liner is described. This liner is driven by nominally 5 MA from the Pegasus-II two-stage Marx bank charged to approximately 35 kV. The liner will accelerate symmetrically to a final velocity of 3 mm//spl mu/s while it remains in contact with an annular glide plane surface at each electrode for a radial distance of 7.5 mm. At this drive level, up to 300 kbar shocks are expected when the solid density liner wall collides with the surface of a cylindrical liner experiment assembly mounted on axis within the liner bore. Components of the Los Alamos Liner Ejecta Experiment are described as one example of a Pegasus-II liner experiment.