Effects of the electrical excitation signal parameters on the geometry of an argon-based non-thermal atmospheric pressure plasma jet

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 9, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-5

  Benabbas, Mohamed Tahar ^a   Sahli, Salah ^a   Benhamouda, Abdallah ^a   Rebiai, Saida ^a  

^a Universite Mentouri Constantine   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Applied voltage; Atmospheric pressure plasma jet; Electrical discharge parameters; Plasma jet geometry; Signal frequency

Indexed keywords

ARGON; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRIC NETWORK PARAMETERS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; PLASMA SOURCES; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

APPLIED VOLTAGES; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE PLASMA JETS; CYLINDRICAL CONFIGURATIONS; DIELECTRIC BARRIER DISCHARGE REACTORS; ELECTRICAL DISCHARGES; HIGH-VOLTAGE PULSE GENERATOR; NON-THERMAL ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; SIGNAL FREQUENCIES;

PLASMA JETS;

EID: 84926616892     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-9-697     Document Type: Article

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