Extinguishing phenomenon and critical discharge boundaries of argon and molecular-gas-seeded argon pulse-modulated induction thermal plasmas

Plasma Sources Science and Technology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 22-29

  Hossain, M M ^a   Tanaka, Y ^a   Sakuta, T ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON; CARBON DIOXIDE; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; HYDROGEN; NITROGEN; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

LOCAL THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM; MOLECULAR-GAS-SEEDED ARGON; PLASMA DISCHARGE; PULSE MODULATED INDUCTION THERMAL PLASMA; SHIMMER CURRENT LEVEL;

PLASMA FLOW;

EID: 0037293623     PISSN: 09630252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0963-0252/12/1/303     Document Type: Article

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