Excessive Balmer α line broadening in capacitively coupled rf water-vapor plasmas

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 802-815

  Mills, Randell L ^a   Dhandapani, Bala ^a   Akhtar, Kamran ^a  

^a BlackLight Power Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

Atomic hydrogen; Atomic oxygen; Radio frequency (rf) plasma; Resonant energy transfer mechanism; Significant line broadening; Water vapor plasma

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TEMPERATURE; ENERGY TRANSFER; HYDROGEN; OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; PLASMA DENSITY; VAPORS;

ATOMIC HYDROGEN; ATOMIC OXYGEN; RADIO FREQUENCY (RF) PLASMA; RESONANT ENERGY TRANSFER MECHANISM; SIGNIFICANT LINE BROADENING; WATER VAPOR PLASMA;

PLASMA DEVICES;

EID: 38849126230     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2007.10.016     Document Type: Article

References (49)

1. Cvetanovic N., Kuraica M.M., and Knojevic N. Excessive Balmer line broadening in a plane cathode abnormal glow discharge in hydrogen. J Appl Phys 97 (2005) 033302
2. Kuraica M., and Konjevic N. Line shapes of atomic hydrogen in a plane-cathode abnormal glow discharge. Phys Rev A 46 7 (1992) 4429
3. Videnovic I.R., Konjevic N., and Kuraica M.M. Spectroscopic investigations of a cathode fall region of the Grimm-type glow discharge. Spectrochim Acta B 51 (1996) 1707
4. Sisovic N.M., Majstorovic G.L., and Konjevic N. Excessive hydrogen and deuterium Balmer lines broadening in a hollow cathode glow discharges. Eur Phys J D 32 (2005) 347
5. Djurovic S., and Roberts J.R. Hydrogen Balmer alpha line shapes for hydrogen-argon mixtures in a low-pressure rf discharge. J Appl Phys 74 11 (1993) 6558
6. Radovanov S.B., Dzierzega K., Roberts J.R., and Olthoff J.K. Time-resolved Balmer-alpha emission from fast hydrogen atoms in low pressure, radio-frequency discharges in hydrogen. Appl Phys Lett 66 20 (1995) 2637
7. 2 radio-frequency discharges. J Appl Phys 78 2 (1995) 746
8. Phelps A.V. Water bath calorimetric studies of excess heat generation in resonant transfer plasmas. J Appl Phys 98 (2005) 066108-066111
9. Mills R.L., Ray P., Dhandapani B., Mayo R.M., and He J. Comparison of excessive Balmer α line broadening of glow discharge and microwave hydrogen plasmas with certain catalysts. J Appl Phys 92 12 (2002) 7008
10. Mills R.L., Nansteel M., and Ray P. Argon-hydrogen-strontium discharge light source. 2002 IEEE Trans Plasma Sci 30 2 (2002) 639
11. Mills R.L., Nansteel M., and Ray P. Excessively bright hydrogen-strontium plasma light source due to energy resonance of strontium with hydrogen. J Plasma Phys 69 (2003) 131
12. Mills R.L., Nansteel M., and Ray P. Bright hydrogen-light source due to a resonant energy transfer with strontium and argon ions. New J Phys 4 (2002) 70-71
13. + line broadening of inductively and capacitively coupled RF, microwave, and glow discharge hydrogen plasmas with certain catalysts. IEEE Trans Plasma Sci 31 (2003) 338
14. Mills R.L., Ray P., Dhandapani B., and He J. Extreme ultraviolet spectroscopy of helium-hydrogen plasma. J Phys D Appl Phys 36 (2003) 1535
15. Mills R.L., Ray P., Dhandapani B., Nansteel M., Chen X., and He J. New power source from fractional quantum energy levels of atomic hydrogen that surpasses internal combustion. J Mol Struct 643 1-3 (2002) 43
16. Mills R.L., Ray P., and Mayo R.M. CW HI laser based on a stationary inverted Lyman population formed from incandescently heated hydrogen gas with certain group I catalysts. IEEE Trans Plasma Sci 31 2 (2003) 236
17. Mills R.L., and Ray P. Stationary inverted Lyman population formed from incandescently heated hydrogen gas with certain catalysts. J Phys D Appl Phys 36 (2003) 1504
18. Mills R.L., Dong J., and Lu Y. Observation of extreme ultraviolet hydrogen emission from incandescently heated hydrogen gas with certain catalysts. Int J Hydrogen Energy 25 (2000) 919
19. Phillips, J. Chen, C.K. Evidence of energetic reaction between helium and hydrogen species in RF generated plasmas. IEEE Trans Plasma Sci, submitted for publication. Available at http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0509127v1.
20. Mills R.L., and Ray P. Spectral emission of fractional quantum energy levels of atomic hydrogen from a helium-hydrogen plasma and the implications for dark matter. Int J Hydrogen Energy 27 3 (2003) 301
21. Mills R.L., Ray P., Dhandapani B., Good W., Jansson P., Nansteel M., et al. Spectroscopic and NMR identification of novel hydride ions in fractional quantum energy states formed by an exothermic reaction of atomic hydrogen with certain catalysts. Eur Phys J Appl Phys 28 (2004) 83
22. Phillips J., Mills R.L., and Chen X. Water bath calorimetric study of excess heat in 'resonance transfer' plasmas. J Appl Phys 96 6 (2004) 3095
23. Mills R.L., Chen X., Ray P., He J., and Dhandapani B. Plasma power source based on a catalytic reaction of atomic hydrogen measured by water bath calorimetry. Thermochim Acta 406 1-2 (2003) 35
24. Mills R.L., Dhandapani B., Nansteel M., He J., Shannon T., and Echezuria A. Synthesis and characterization of novel hydride compounds. Int J Hydrogen Energy 26 4 (2001) 339
25. Mills R.L., Dhandapani B., Greenig N., and He J. Synthesis and characterization of potassium iodo hydride. Int J Hydrogen Energy 25 (2000) 1185
26. Mills R.L., Dhandapani B., Nansteel M., He J., and Voigt A. Identification of compounds containing novel hydride ions by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Int J Hydrogen Energy 26 (2001) 965
27. Conrads H., Mills R., and Wrubel Th. Emission in the deep vacuum ultraviolet from a plasma formed by incandescently heating hydrogen gas with trace amounts of potassium carbonate. Plasma Sources Sci Technol 12 (2003) 389
28. - (1 / 2) hydrogen, nitrogen, and air. Int J Hydrogen Energy 28 8 (2003) 825
29. Mills R.L., Ray P., and Mayo R.M. The potential for a hydrogen water-plasma laser. Appl Phys Lett 82 11 (2003) 1679
30. Mills R. Spectroscopic identification of a novel catalytic reaction of atomic hydrogen and the hydride ion product. Int J Hydrogen Energy 26 10 (2001) 1041
31. Crocker A., Gebbie H.A., Kimmitt M.F., and Mathias L.E.S. Stimulated emission in the far infra-red. Nature 201 (1964) 250
32. Sarjeant W.J., Kucerovsky Z., and Brannen E. Excitation processes and relaxation rates in the pulsed water-vapor laser. Appl Opt 11 4 (1972) 735
33. Shuaibov A.K., Dashchenko A.I., and Shevera I.V. Stationary radiator in the 130-190 nm range based on water vapour plasma. Quantum Electron 31 6 (2001) 547
34. Lide, DR. CRC handbook of chemistry and physics, 79th ed. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press; 1998-1999. p. 9-55, 10-175.
35. Wiese W.L. Line broadening. In: Huddleston R.H., and Leonard S.L. (Eds). Plasma diagnostic techniques (1965), Academic Press, New York
36. Chen F.F. Electric probes. In: Huddleston R.H., and Leonard S.L. (Eds). Plasma diagnostic techniques (1965), Academic Press, New York
37. Ganguli A., Akhtar M.K., and Tarey R.D. Investigation of microwave plasmas produced in a mirror machine using ordinary-mode polarization. Plasma Sources Sci Technol 8 (1999) 519
38. Godyak V.A. Nonequilibrium EEDF in gas discharge plasma. IEEE Trans Plasma Sci 34 (2006) 755
39. Schwabedissen A., Benck E.C., and Roberts J.R. Plasma Sources Sci Technol 7 (1998) 119
40. Akhtar K., Scharer J.E., Tysk S.M., and Denning S.M. Characterization of laser produced tetrakis (dimethylamino) ethylene plasma in a high-pressure background gas. IEEE Trans Plasma Sci 32 2 (2004) 813
41. Gigosos M.A., and Cardenoso V. New plasma diagnosis tables of hydrogen Stark broadening including ion dynamics. J Phys B At Mol Opt Phys 29 (1996) 4795
42. Okabe H. Photochemistry of small molecules (1978), Wiley, New York
43. Corney A. Atomic and laser spectroscopy (1977), Clarendon Press, Oxford
44. Lieberman M.A., and Lichtenberg A.J. Principles of plasma discharges and material processing. 2nd ed. Hoboken (2005), Wiley, NJ
45. Liebermann M.A. Dynamics of a collisional, capacitive RF sheath. IEEE Trans Plasma Sci 17 (1989) 338
46. Hopwood J.P. Appl Phys Lett 62 9 (1993) 940
47. McDaniel E.W., Mitchell J.B.A., and Rudd M.E. Atomic collision: heavy particle projectiles (1993), Wiley, New York
48. 2O mixture. Plasma Phys Rep 27 10 (2001) 897
49. Calvert J.C., and Pitts J.N. Photochemistry (1996), Wiley, New York p. 200