Emission in the deep vacuum ultraviolet from a plasma formed by incandescently heating hydrogen gas with trace amounts of potassium carbonate

Plasma Sources Science and Technology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 389-395

  Conrads, H ^a   Mills, R ^b   Wrubel, Th ^c  

^a Black Light Power Inc ^*  (Germany)

^b Black Light Power Inc   (United States)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; HEATING; HYDROGEN; LIGHT EMISSION; PHASE TRANSITIONS; POTASH; TRACE ELEMENTS; TUNGSTEN; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VACUUM APPLICATIONS;

INCANDESCENTLY HEATING; SODIUM CARBONATE; TITANIUM DISSOCIATOR;

PLASMA APPLICATIONS;

EID: 0038087203     PISSN: 09630252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0963-0252/12/3/312     Document Type: Article

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