Characterization of plasma-gas interactions in a copper cathodic arc operated in oxygen

Several results on the plasma-neutral gas structure generated in a dc cathodic arc are presented. The arc is operated at a current level of 100 A, with a copper cathode, and with oxygen gas at a pressure of 0.5 Pa. The employed diagnostics include spherical Langmuir probes and a calorimetric techniq...

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spelling paper:paper_00218979_v89_n3_p1567_Kelly2023-06-08T14:42:55Z Characterization of plasma-gas interactions in a copper cathodic arc operated in oxygen Several results on the plasma-neutral gas structure generated in a dc cathodic arc are presented. The arc is operated at a current level of 100 A, with a copper cathode, and with oxygen gas at a pressure of 0.5 Pa. The employed diagnostics include spherical Langmuir probes and a calorimetric technique. The plasma potential, electron temperature, ion density, and ion kinetic energy are inferred at different axial positions in the discharge chamber. In order to explain the obtained experimental results, a simplified one-dimensional stationary model to describe the plasma-neutral gas structure is developed. A good agreement is found between the experimental data and the theoretical predictions when charge-exchange between metallic ions and neutral gas molecules and lateral diffusion loses of energetic particles are included in the theoretical treatment. © 2001 American Institute of Physics. 2001 https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_00218979_v89_n3_p1567_Kelly http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00218979_v89_n3_p1567_Kelly
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description Several results on the plasma-neutral gas structure generated in a dc cathodic arc are presented. The arc is operated at a current level of 100 A, with a copper cathode, and with oxygen gas at a pressure of 0.5 Pa. The employed diagnostics include spherical Langmuir probes and a calorimetric technique. The plasma potential, electron temperature, ion density, and ion kinetic energy are inferred at different axial positions in the discharge chamber. In order to explain the obtained experimental results, a simplified one-dimensional stationary model to describe the plasma-neutral gas structure is developed. A good agreement is found between the experimental data and the theoretical predictions when charge-exchange between metallic ions and neutral gas molecules and lateral diffusion loses of energetic particles are included in the theoretical treatment. © 2001 American Institute of Physics.
title Characterization of plasma-gas interactions in a copper cathodic arc operated in oxygen
spellingShingle Characterization of plasma-gas interactions in a copper cathodic arc operated in oxygen
title_short Characterization of plasma-gas interactions in a copper cathodic arc operated in oxygen
title_full Characterization of plasma-gas interactions in a copper cathodic arc operated in oxygen
title_fullStr Characterization of plasma-gas interactions in a copper cathodic arc operated in oxygen
title_full_unstemmed Characterization of plasma-gas interactions in a copper cathodic arc operated in oxygen
title_sort characterization of plasma-gas interactions in a copper cathodic arc operated in oxygen
publishDate 2001
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