Detecting the ejection of particles from the free surface of a shock-loaded sample

The details of the ejection of 20- to 200-µm particles with a velocity of 1.0-1.5 km/s from the surfaces of lead and steel samples with a roughness of 5-40 µm (Rz 5-Rz 40) when shock waves with an amplitude of 15 and 27 GPa reach them are visualized with a high-speed streak camera with a CCD matrix and pulsed laser illumination at a pulse duration of 4 ns. The size and velocity distributions of the particles are obtained.