Bulk plasma properties in the pulsed glow discharge

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1417-1433

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

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atomic emission; Ionizing plasma; Pulsed glow discharge; Recombining plasma; Transient plasma

Indexed keywords

CATHODES; DIFFUSION; GLOW DISCHARGES; IONIZATION; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; SPUTTERING;

ATOMIC EMISSIONS;

MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 0043014591     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0584-8547(03)00090-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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