Levitation of dust in rf and dc glow discharges

Plasma Sources Science and Technology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 93-111

  Nitter, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUST; ELECTRODES; GLOW DISCHARGES; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OSCILLATIONS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PLASMA INTERACTIONS;

DIRECT CURRENT PLOW DISCHARGES; RADIOFREQUENCY GLOW DISCHARGES;

PLASMA SHEATHS;

EID: 0030073486     PISSN: 09630252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0963-0252/5/1/012     Document Type: Article

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