The influence of nitrogen entrainment on argon plasmas created by the 'Torche a Injection Axiale' (TIA)

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Jonkers, J [1 ]
Hartgers, A [1 ]
Selen, LJM [1 ]
van der Mullen, JAM [1 ]
Schram, DC [1 ]
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[1] Eindhoven Univ Technol, Dept Appl Phys, NL-5600 MB Eindhoven, Netherlands
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10.1088/0963-0252/8/1/006
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O35 [流体力学]; O53 [等离子体物理学];
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070204 ; 080103 ; 080704 ;
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When a plasma is sustained in the open air, nitrogen will diffuse into the plasma. Especially for plasmas sustained by the 'Torche a Injection Axiale' (TIA) this appears to be the ease, since this turbulent jet draws gases from the surroundings. In the argon plasma the entrained nitrogen is probably converted into N-2(+) (via charge transfer with argon ions), which is consequently destroyed by dissociative recombination (DR). This mechanism affects the plasma in two ways: (1) it offers an important loss channel for the free electrons and (2) the gas is heated by the kinetic energy of the nitrogen atoms produced in the DR reaction.
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