Influence of the Nozzle Material on an Atmospheric Pressure Nitrogen Plasma Jet

Author

Leoment, Simon ; Ben Salem, Dhia ; Carton, Olivier ; Pulpytel, Jerome ; Areti-Khonsari, Farzi

Author_Institution

Labo. Interfaces et Syst. Electrochimiques, Sorbonne Univ., Paris, France

Volume

42

Issue

10

fYear

2014

fDate

Oct. 2014

Firstpage

2480

Lastpage

2481

Abstract

In this paper, it is reported that composition of an atmospheric pressure nitrogen plasma jet is influenced by the nozzle material. Using optical emission spectroscopy and camera observations, it is shown that using a stainless steel nozzle, induces an orange nitrogen emission, whereas a quartz nozzle leads to blue nitric oxide emission, due to the nitridation and oxygen exchange between the reactive nitrogen plasma and the SiO₂ surface.

Keywords

nitrogen; nozzles; plasma diagnostics; plasma jets; plasma production; quartz; N₂; SiO₂ surface; atmospheric pressure nitrogen plasma jet; blue nitric oxide emission; camera observations; nitridation; nozzle material; optical emission spectroscopy; orange nitrogen emission; oxygen exchange; pressure 1 atm; quartz nozzle; reactive nitrogen plasma; stainless steel nozzle; Biomedical optical imaging; Nitrogen; Plasmas; Polymers; Steel; Stimulated emission; Surface treatment; Atmospheric pressure plasmas; optical spectroscopy; plasma jet; plasma measurements; plasma measurements.;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0093-3813

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TPS.2014.2324172

Filename

6858066