Neutralization of static electricity by soft X-ray and vacuum ultraviolet (UV) -ray irradiation

IEICE Transactions on Electronics

Volumn E79-C, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 328-335

  Inaba, Hitoshi ^a   Ohml, Tadahiro ^a  

^a Takasago Thermal Engineering Co   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ionization; Ionizer; Neutralization; Soft x rays; Vacuum U y rays

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CORONA; ELECTRONS; ELECTROSTATICS; GASES; IONIZATION; IONS; MOLECULES; PHOTONS; STATIC ELECTRICITY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VACUUM; X RAYS;

ANTI STATIC TECHNOLOGY; ELECTROSTATIC POTENTIAL; HIGH PHOTON ENERGY IRRADIATION; IONIZERS; NEUTRALIZATION; VACUUM ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WAVELENGTH;

IRRADIATION;

EID: 0030109458     PISSN: 09168524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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