Free-floating atmospheric pressure ball plasmas

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 39, Issue 11 PART 1, 2011, Pages 2078-2079

  Wurden, Caroline J V ^a   Wurden, Glen A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric pressure plasmas; digital photography, lightning; physics education; plasma measurements

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE PLASMAS; CATHODE MATERIALS; DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC ARC DISCHARGES; ELECTRODE MATERIAL; HYDROXYL RADICALS; OCEAN OPTICS; PHYSICS EDUCATION; PLASMA MEASUREMENTS; POWER METERS; WATER SURFACE;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CATHODES; COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COPPER COMPOUNDS; ELECTRIC ARCS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SPECTROMETERS; VIDEO CAMERAS;

PLASMAS;

EID: 81255171606     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2011.2155090     Document Type: Article

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