The evolution of atmospheric-pressure low-temperature plasma jets: Jet current measurements

Plasma Sources Science and Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Karakas, Erdinc ^a   Akman, Mehmet Arda ^a   Laroussi, Mounir ^a  

^a Old Dominion University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC-PRESSURE LOW-TEMPERATURE PLASMA; CURRENT MONITORS; EMPIRICAL RELATIONSHIPS; HIGH VOLTAGE ELECTRODES; IONIZATION CHANNELS; JET CURRENTS; MODEL-BASED OPC; OHM'S LAW; OPERATING CONDITION; PLASMA BULLETS;

ELECTRIC CURRENT MEASUREMENT; IONIZATION; PLASMA JETS; PLASMAS;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES;

EID: 84862223769     PISSN: 09630252     EISSN: 13616595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0963-0252/21/3/034016     Document Type: Article

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