Boltzmann statistical consideration on the excitation mechanism of iron atomic lines emitted from glow discharge plasmas

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 66, Issue 11-12, 2011, Pages 785-792

  Zhang, Lei ^a   Kashiwakura, Shunsuke ^a   Wagatsuma, Kazuaki ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Boltzmann plot; Excitation mechanism; Glow discharge optical emission spectrometry; Iron; Plasma gas

Indexed keywords

ARGON PLASMAS; ATOMIC LINES; BOLTZMANN; BOLTZMANN DISTRIBUTION; BOLTZMANN PLOT; DE-EXCITATIONS; EMISSION LINES; EXCITATION MECHANISM; EXCITATION MECHANISMS; EXCITED ENERGY LEVEL; EXCITED LEVELS; GLOW DISCHARGE OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; GLOW DISCHARGE PLASMAS; IONIZATION LIMIT; IRON ATOMS; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; LOW-EXCITATION ENERGY; METASTABLE ATOMS; METASTABLES; NEON PLASMA; NONTHERMAL; NUMBER DENSITY; PLASMA GAS;

ARGON; ATOMS; BOLTZMANN EQUATION; EXCITATION ENERGY; EXCITED STATES; GLOW DISCHARGES; IONIZATION OF GASES; IRON; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; PLASMA THEORY;

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EID: 84855908791     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2011.10.002     Document Type: Article

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