Preliminary investigations of a very low power atmospheric pressure helium plasma

Romanian Reports of Physics

Volumn 55, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 185-193

  Anghel, S D ^a   Simon, A ^a  

^a BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Electron number density; Non thermal plasma; Optical emission; Temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949677733     PISSN: 1221146X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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