Abstract :
The following topics are dealt with: arc discharges and circuit breakers; barrier and surface discharges; glows, corona discharges, and electric breakdown; high- and low-pressure plasmas and their applications; environmental, medical, and pulsed-power applications of plasmas; plasma light sources and lamps; lightning discharges; plasma test techniques and diagnostics; fundamental transport, diffusion and optical processes, and cross-sections of plasma; plasma measurement and spectroscopic techniques; and emerging and topical applications of gas discharges.
Keywords :
arcs (electric); circuit breakers; corona; discharge lamps; glow discharges; lightning; plasma applications; plasma diagnostics; plasma transport processes; spectroscopic light sources; arc discharges; barrier discharges; circuit breakers; corona discharges; diffusion; electric breakdown; environmental applications; gas discharges; glow discharges; high-pressure plasmas; lightning discharges; low-pressure plasmas; medical applications; optical processes; plasma cross-sections; plasma diagnostics; plasma lamps; plasma light sources; plasma measurement techniques; plasma spectroscopic techniques; plasma test techniques; pulsed-power applications; surface discharges; transport processes;