Electronic perturbation investigations into excitation and ionization in the millisecond pulsed glow discharge plasma

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 722-731

  Li, Lei ^a   Robertson Honecker, Jennifer ^a   Vaghela, Vishal ^a   King, Fred L ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atomic absorbance; Atomic emission; Plasma processes; Pulsed glow discharge; Relaxation method

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ENERGY TRANSFER; IONIZATION; PALLADIUM; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; RELAXATION PROCESSES;

ATOMIC ABSORBANCE; ATOMIC EMISSION; PLASMA PROCESSES; PULSED GLOW DISCHARGE; RELAXATION METHODS;

GLOW DISCHARGES;

EID: 33745851140     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2005.08.006     Document Type: Article

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