Effects of metal vapor on plasma state in helium gas tungsten arcs

Yosetsu Gakkai Ronbunshu/Quarterly Journal of the Japan Welding Society

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 201-206

  Terasaki, Hidenori ^a   Tanaka, Manabu ^a   Ushio, Masao ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arc plasma; Electron temperature; GTA; Helium; Laser scattering method; LTE (Local Thermodynamic Equilibrium); Metal vapor; Spectroscopic analysis

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; HELIUM; LIGHT SCATTERING; PLASMAS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; TUNGSTEN;

ARC PLASMA; ELECTRON TEMPERATURE; GAS TUNGSTEN ARC (GTA); LASER SCATTERING METHOD; LTE (LOCAL THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM); METAL VAPOR;

WELDING;

EID: 4344569440     PISSN: 02884771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2207/qjjws.20.201     Document Type: Article

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