Probing excitation/ionization processes in millisecond-pulsed glow discharges in argon through the addition of nitrogen

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 185-209

  Jackson, Glen P ^a   King, Fred L ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Argon; Excitation ionization processes; Glow discharge mass spectrometry; Ionizing plasma; Metastable quenching; Nitrogen; Pulsed glow discharge; Recombining plasma

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARGON; ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE; IONIZATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NITROGEN; PLASMAS; QUENCHING; SPUTTERING;

EXCITATION PROCESSESS; GAS DISCHARGES;

GLOW DISCHARGES;

EID: 0037415641     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0584-8547(02)00255-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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