Characteristics of an arc-seeded microwave plasma torch

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 32, Issue 4 III, 2004, Pages 1734-1741

  Kuo, Spencer P ^a   Bivolaru, Daniel ^a   Lai, Henry ^a   Lai, Wilson ^a   Popovic, Svetozar ^b   Kessaratikoon, Prasong ^b  

^a POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; DECONTAMINATION; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRONIC DENSITY OF STATES; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; MICROWAVE DEVICES; OXYGEN; PLASMA DENSITY; PLASMA FLOW; PLASMA STABILITY; TEMPERATURE;

ARC PLASMA TORCH; ELECTRON DENSITY DISTRIBUTION; EXCITATION TEMPERATURE; MICROWAVE DISCHARGE; PLASMA TORCH MODULE; PORTABLE MICROWAVE PLASMA TORCH; REACTIVE ATOMIC OXYGEN;

PLASMA TORCHES;

EID: 7244248481     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2004.832517     Document Type: Article

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