Parametric study of an atmospheric pressure microwave-induced plasma of the mini MIP torch - I. Two-dimensional spatially resolved electron-number density measurements

Spectrochimica acta, Part B: Atomic spectroscopy

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1879-1893

  Jovicevic S ^a   Ivkovic M ^a   Pavlovic Z ^a   Konjevic N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; MICROWAVES; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; SPECTROSCOPY;

ELECTRON NUMBER DENSITY; MICROWAVE INDUCED PLASMA; STARK BROADENING;

PLASMA TORCHES;

EID: 2942533446     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0584-8547(00)00285-8     Document Type: Article

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