Exploding Wires

This volume contains the proceedings of the Second Conference on the Exploding Wire Phenomenon. In addition to the general theory of exploding wires this conference considered exploding wire shock waves the generation by exploding wires of extreme tem peratures Xrays and very high pressures instrumentationprob lems in wire explosions and for the first time exploding foils. Sponsored by the Geophysics Research Directorate ofthe Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories this symposium was held