DocumentCode
1152354
Title
The Parameters of the Ion Flow of Vacuum-Spark Plasma
Author
Muzukin, Ilya L. ; Uimanov, Igor Vladimirovich ; Zemskov, Yury A.
Author_Institution
Ural Div., Russian Acad. of Sci., Ekaterinburg, Russia
Volume
37
Issue
8
fYear
2009
Firstpage
1499
Lastpage
1503
Abstract
In this paper, vacuum-spark plasmas with various pulse parameters were investigated. Two types of pulse generator were used to initiate the discharge. The pulse amplitude and duration were varied from 15 to 350 kV and from 100 to 400 ns, respectively. The electrode separation of the vacuum gap was varied from 2 to 15 mm. It has been found that the most probable energies of the ion-flow species increase with gap spacing. In addition, a dependence of the most probable energies of the ion-flow species on ion charge has been revealed.
Keywords
plasma transport processes; pulse generators; vacuum arcs; gap spacing; ion charge; ion flow; pulse amplitude; pulse duration; pulse generator; pulse parameters; vacuum-spark plasma; Discharges; ion sources; mass spectroscopy; sparks;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0093-3813
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TPS.2009.2024749
Filename
5175370
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