Mass spectrometric investigation of the ionic species in a dielectric barrier discharge operating in helium-water vapour mixtures

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2015, Pages

  Abd Allah, Z ^a   Sawtell, D A G ^b   McKay, K ^a   West, G T ^b   Kelly, P J ^b   Bradley, J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

dielectric barrier discharge (DBD); mass spectrometry; non thermal plasma; water clusters

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; FLOW CONTROL; GROUNDING ELECTRODES; HELIUM; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEGATIVE IONS; POSITIVE IONS; WATER VAPOR;

DIELECTRIC BARRIER DISCHARGES; EXCITATION FREQUENCY; GAS RESIDENCE TIME; INTER-ELECTRODE SPACING; NONTHERMAL PLASMA; OPERATING PARAMETERS; WATER CLUSTER; WATER CONCENTRATIONS;

DIELECTRIC DEVICES;

EID: 84922496554     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/48/8/085202     Document Type: Article

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