Comparison of excessive Balmer α line broadening of inductively and capacitively coupled RF, microwave, and glow-discharge hydrogen plasmas with certain catalysts

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 338-355

  Mills, Randell L ^a   Ray, Paresh C ^a   Nansteel, Mark ^a   Chen, Xuemin ^a   Mayo, Robert M ^a   He, Jiliang ^a   Dhandapani, Bala ^a  

^a BlackLight Power Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

Electron temperature; Glow discharge plasma; Microwave plasma; Radio frequency (RF) plasma; Resonant energy transfer mechanism; Significant line broadening

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ENERGY TRANSFER; GLOW DISCHARGES; IONIZATION; MICROWAVE MEASUREMENT;

GLOW-DISCHARGE PLASMAS;

INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA;

EID: 0037525431     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2003.812340     Document Type: Article

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