RATE PROCESSES IN NON-EQUILIBRIUM PLASMAS.

Abstract

An experimental study of the establishment of non-equilibrium ionization in flowing cesium-seeded argon has been continued with emphasis on rate controlled aspects. In addition to the usual ionization and recombination rates, a seed diffusion rate to the electrodes and an electrode thermal inertia have been identified as possibly important in certain applications involving short running times. From the limited amount of data obtained, it was found that an applied transverse magnetic field increased the plasma power dissipation rate with respect to conductivity, the overall electron density recombination rate, and the required plasma breakdown voltage. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0712710

Entities

People

  • Norman A. Evans

Organizations

  • General Electric

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Charged Particles
  • Conductivity
  • Diffusion
  • Dissipation
  • Electrodes
  • Electron Density
  • Electrons
  • Elementary Fermions
  • Elementary Particles
  • Fermions
  • Ionization
  • Leptons
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Subatomic Particles
  • Transverse

Readers

  • Plasma Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics