Design and electrical characteristics of a modular plasma torch

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 752-758

  Kuo, Spencer P ^a   Koretzky, Edward ^a   Orlick, Lester ^a  

^a POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITORS; ELECTRIC ARCS; PLASMA SOURCES;

ATMOSPHERIC PLASMAS; CAPACITIVE PLASMA TORCHES;

PLASMA TORCHES;

EID: 0032664362     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.774679     Document Type: Article

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