Experimental study on equilibrium deviations in atmospheric pressure argon/helium surface wave discharges

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1014-1021

  Munoz J ^a   Calzada, M D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Argon Helium; Atmospheric pressure; Spectroscopy; Surface wave plasmas; Thermodynamic equilibrium

Indexed keywords

BOLTZMANN PLOT; DISCHARGE KINETICS; ELECTRON DENSITIES; EXCITATION TEMPERATURE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; LINEAR POWER DENSITIES; LOCAL THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM; PLASMA COLUMNS; PRESSURE SURFACE; SPECTROSCOPIC TECHNIQUE; SURFACE WAVE DISCHARGE; SURFACE-WAVE PLASMAS; THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIA; THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM;

ARGON; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERICS; EXCITED STATES; HELIUM; SURFACE WAVES; THERMODYNAMICS;

SURFACE DISCHARGES;

EID: 78651340344     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2010.11.005     Document Type: Article

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