Electrode phenomena in plasma torches

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 891, Issue , 1999, Pages 14-27

  Heberlein, Joachim ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON; FLOW; GENERATOR; PERFORMANCE; PLASMA;

EID: 0033403452     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1999.tb08747.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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