Influence of electrode characteristics on DC point-to-plane breakdown in high-pressure gaseous and supercritical carbon dioxide

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 37, Issue 6 PART 2, 2009, Pages 1078-1083

  Lock, Evgeniya H ^a,b   Saveliev, Alexei V ^a,c   Kennedy, Lawrence A ^a,d  

^a University of Illinois at Chicago   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c North Carolina State University   (United States)

^d The Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Breakdown; Carbon dioxide; Microplasma; Supercritical fluid (SCF)

Indexed keywords

BREAKDOWN; BREAKDOWN ELECTRIC FIELD; BREAKDOWN VOLTAGE; DISCHARGE INITIATION; ELECTRODE SURFACE ROUGHNESS; FLUID DENSITIES; MICROMETER SCALE; MICROPLASMA; PLANE GEOMETRY; PLASMA GENERATION; PLASMA PROCESSING; PLASMA SCIENCE; SUPERCRITICAL CARBON DIOXIDES; SUPERCRITICAL CONDITION; SUPERCRITICAL PHASE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; PHOTORESISTS; PLASMA DEVICES; PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICES; PLASMAS; SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

SUPERCRITICAL FLUID EXTRACTION;

EID: 67650341240     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2009.2018844     Document Type: Article

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