Stable Dense Cold Plasma

Abstract

Metallic gaseous solutions with significant lifetimes were synthesized at low temperatures. These plasmas are thermodynamically stable with respect to the ionization process, but unstable with respect to the chemical reaction between metal solute and gaseous solvent. Cold dense gaseous plasmas have been prepared and maintainedAT 137 deg C for 6 minutes and at 149 deg C for 7 minutes. These plasmas, contained in glass capillaries, look like gold-copper wires. Use of a gaseous solvent produces a medium which provides a high dielectric constant and solvation. These effects permit the existence of gaseous sodium at high concentrations in highly ionized states at the relatively low temperatures of 133 to 200 deg C.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 31, 1961
Accession Number
AD0262954

Entities

People

  • S. Naiditch

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Barometric Pressure
  • Blood
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Chemistry
  • Conductivity
  • Contracts
  • Critical Temperature
  • Electron Density
  • Gases
  • Impurities
  • Ionization
  • Liquids
  • Low Temperature
  • Materials
  • Microvessels
  • Nitrogen Compounds
  • Space Sciences

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electrochemical Engineering/ Fuel Cell Technologies
  • Metallurgy
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.