FuZE-3
Z Pinch
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Project Status
Operating
Years Operated
2025 - Present
The Fusion Z-pinch Experiment 3 (FuZE-3) investigates compression methods for a sheared-flow-stabilized Z pinch. The device leverages multiple electrodes to inject magnetic flux around the pinch, thereby increasing the pinch current and decreasing pinch radius. FuZE-3 was commissioned at Zap Energy in 2025, demonstrating >1 GPa plasma pressures including multiple repeated shots with electron densities in the range of 3-5x10^24 m-3 and electron temperatures above 1 keV in early science campaigns.
