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2016 | Buch

Elements of Plasma Technology

verfasst von: Chiow San Wong, Rattachat Mongkolnavin

Verlag: Springer Singapore

Buchreihe : SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology

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This book presents some fundamental aspects of plasma technology that are important for beginners interested to start research in the area of plasma technology . These include the properties of plasma, methods of plasma generation and basic plasma diagnostic techniques. It also discusses several low cost plasma devices, including pulsed plasma sources such as plasma focus, pulsed capillary discharge, vacuum spark and exploding wire; as well as low temperature plasmas such as glow discharge and dielectric barrier discharge which the authors believe may have potential applications in industry. The treatments are experimental rather than theoretical, although some theoretical background is provided where appropriate. The principles of operation of these devices are also reviewed and discussed.

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Frontmatter
Chapter 1. Basic Concepts in Plasma Technology
Abstract
Some of the fundamental basic concepts useful for the understanding of plasma will be introduced and explained in this chapter. These include particle collision and the fundamental processes that may occur as a consequence of collision between particles, the concept of Debye shielding, plasma sheath formation at the surface of object placed inside plasma, particle oscillation. The criteria of plasma and the particle transport due to electric and magnetic fields as well as density gradient will be discussed briefly.
Chiow San Wong, Rattachat Mongkolnavin
Chapter 2. Methods of Plasma Generation
Abstract
In this chapter, the generation of plasma by gaseous electrical discharge will be discussed. Townsend Theory of electrical breakdown of gases will be explained. Various types of discharge, including to corona discharge, glow discharge and arc discharge and the characteristics of the plasmas produced will be introduced. The electrical power sources used for the generation of these plasma including DC, AC, RF, microwave and pulsed capacitor discharge are introduced.
Chiow San Wong, Rattachat Mongkolnavin
Chapter 3. Plasma Diagnostic Techniques
Abstract
In this chapter, some of the basic diagnostic techniques that are useful for studying various types of plasmas are described. These include electrical measurements (discharge current and voltage across the plasma), spectroscopic measurements, the Langmuir (electric) probe, X-ray and neutron measurements.
Chiow San Wong, Rattachat Mongkolnavin
Chapter 4. Some Examples of Small Plasma Devices
Abstract
In this chapter, the principle of operation, experimental setup as well as some results obtained from research work carried out by the authors and collaborators based on several small plasma devices will be discussed briefly.
Chiow San Wong, Rattachat Mongkolnavin
Metadaten
Titel
Elements of Plasma Technology
verfasst von
Chiow San Wong
Rattachat Mongkolnavin
Copyright-Jahr
2016
Verlag
Springer Singapore
Electronic ISBN
978-981-10-0117-8
Print ISBN
978-981-10-0115-4
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0117-8

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