Experiments with background gas in a vacuum arc centrifuge

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 539-545

  Dallaqua, Renato Sérgio ^a,b   Simpson, S W ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON; CATHODES; ELECTRIC ARCS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRONS; HYDROGEN; PERFORMANCE; PLASMA PROBES; PRESSURE EFFECTS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; VACUUM APPLICATIONS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

BACKGROUND GAS; GAS FILLINGS; LANGMUIR PROBE DATA; NONUNIFORMITIES; PLASMA LIFETIME; VACUUM ARC CENTRIFUGE; VACUUM DISCHARGE;

PLASMAS;

EID: 0030124370     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.510020     Document Type: Article

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