Foreword |
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Introduction and Overview |
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1 | (16) |
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2 | (2) |
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Parameter Space of Interest |
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4 | (3) |
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Naturally-occurring Air Plasmas |
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7 | (2) |
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Sources of Additional Information |
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9 | (3) |
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Organization of this Book |
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12 | (5) |
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History of Non-Equilibrium Air Discharges |
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17 | (59) |
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17 | (1) |
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Historical Roots of Electrical Gas Discharges |
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17 | (2) |
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Historical Progression of Generating Techniques for Hot and Cold Plasmas |
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19 | (10) |
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Generation of hot plasmas |
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19 | (2) |
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Generation of cold plasmas |
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21 | (3) |
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Properties of non-equilibrium air plasmas |
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24 | (5) |
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Electrical Breakdown in Dense Gases |
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29 | (12) |
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Discharge classification and Townsend breakdown |
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29 | (6) |
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35 | (3) |
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Pulsed air breakdown and runaway electrons |
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38 | (3) |
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41 | (27) |
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Phenomenology of corona discharges |
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41 | (6) |
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Negative dc corona discharges |
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47 | (7) |
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Positive dc corona discharges |
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54 | (6) |
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60 | (3) |
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Pulsed streamer corona discharges |
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63 | (5) |
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Fundamentals of Dielectric-Barrier Discharges |
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68 | (8) |
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68 | (2) |
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Electrode configurations and discharge properties |
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70 | (1) |
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Overall discharge parameters |
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70 | (6) |
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Kinetic Description of Plasmas |
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76 | (48) |
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Particles and Distributions |
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76 | (14) |
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Forces, Collisions, and Reactions |
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90 | (15) |
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105 | (12) |
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Evaluation and Simplification of the Kinetic Equation |
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117 | (7) |
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124 | (59) |
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124 | (3) |
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Air Plasma Chemistry Involving Neutral Species |
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127 | (9) |
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127 | (1) |
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Neutral chemistry in atmospheric-pressure air plasmas |
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128 | (2) |
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Summary of the important reactions for the neutral air plasma chemistry |
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130 | (6) |
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Ion-Molecule Reactions in Air Plasmas at Elevated Temperatures |
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136 | (18) |
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136 | (2) |
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Internal energy definitions |
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138 | (2) |
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140 | (13) |
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153 | (1) |
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Non-Equilibrium Air Plasma Chemistry |
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154 | (14) |
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154 | (2) |
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Translational and vibrational energy dependence of the rates of chemical processes |
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156 | (5) |
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Advances in elucidating chemical reactivity at very high vibrational excitation |
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161 | (7) |
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Recombination in Atmospheric-Pressure Air Plasmas |
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168 | (15) |
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169 | (1) |
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170 | (1) |
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171 | (2) |
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173 | (1) |
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174 | (1) |
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High pressure recombination |
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175 | (8) |
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183 | (93) |
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183 | (2) |
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Computational Methods for Multi-dimensional Nonequilibrium Air Plasmas |
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185 | (14) |
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185 | (1) |
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186 | (1) |
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The conservation equations |
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186 | (3) |
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189 | (1) |
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189 | (1) |
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190 | (3) |
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193 | (1) |
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193 | (2) |
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195 | (3) |
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198 | (1) |
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DC Glow Discharges in Atmospheric Pressure Air |
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199 | (34) |
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199 | (1) |
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Two-temperature kinetic simulations |
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200 | (11) |
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Predicted electric discharge characteristics |
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211 | (7) |
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Experimental dc glow discharges in atmospheric pressure air plasmas |
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218 | (10) |
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Electrical characteristics and power requirements of dc discharges in air |
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228 | (3) |
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231 | (2) |
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Multidimensional Modeling of Trichel Pulses in Negative Pin-to-Plane Corona in Air |
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233 | (12) |
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233 | (2) |
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235 | (3) |
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Results of numerical simulations |
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238 | (6) |
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244 | (1) |
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Electrical Models of DBDs and Glow Discharges in Small Geometries |
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245 | (17) |
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245 | (1) |
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Model of plasma initiation and evolution |
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246 | (5) |
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Dielectric barrier discharges |
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251 | (7) |
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Micro-discharges: discharges in small geometries |
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258 | (1) |
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259 | (3) |
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A Computational Model of Initial Breakdown in Geometrically Complicated Ssystems |
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262 | (14) |
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262 | (3) |
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265 | (4) |
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269 | (5) |
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274 | (2) |
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DC and Low Frequency Air Plasma Sources |
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276 | (86) |
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276 | (1) |
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277 | (9) |
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Multifilament barrier discharges |
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278 | (2) |
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Modeling of barrier discharges |
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280 | (6) |
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Atmospheric Pressure Glow Discharge Plasmas and Atmospheric Pressure Townsend-like Discharge Plasmas |
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286 | (7) |
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286 | (1) |
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Realization of an APG discharge plasma |
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287 | (4) |
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Applications of APG discharge and APT discharge plasmas |
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291 | (2) |
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Homogeneous Barrier Discharges |
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293 | (13) |
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DBD-based discharges at atmospheric pressure |
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294 | (5) |
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The resistive barrier discharge (RBD) |
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299 | (2) |
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Diffuse discharges by means of water electrodes |
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301 | (5) |
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Discharges Generated and Maintained in Spatially Confined Geometries: Microhollow Cathode (MHC) and Capillary Plasma Electrode (CPE) Discharges |
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306 | (22) |
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The microhollow cathode discharge |
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307 | (12) |
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The cathode boundary layer discharge |
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319 | (2) |
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The capillary plasma electrode discharge |
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321 | (3) |
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324 | (4) |
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Corona and Steady State Glow Discharges |
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328 | (22) |
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328 | (1) |
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Methods to control negative corona parameters |
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329 | (5) |
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DC glow discharge in air flow |
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334 | (4) |
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Transitions between negative corona, glow and spark discharge forms |
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338 | (10) |
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Pulsed diffuse glow discharges |
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348 | (2) |
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Operational Characteristics of a Low Temperature AC Plasma Torch |
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350 | (12) |
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350 | (1) |
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351 | (8) |
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Power consumption calculation |
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359 | (3) |
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High Frequency Air Plasmas |
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362 | (84) |
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362 | (2) |
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Laser Initiated or Sustained, Seeded High-Pressure Plasmas |
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364 | (31) |
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364 | (1) |
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Laser-sustained plasmas with CO seedant |
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365 | (14) |
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Ultraviolet Laser Produced TMAE Seed Plasma |
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379 | (16) |
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Radiofrequency and Microwave Sustained High-Pressure Plasmas |
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395 | (24) |
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395 | (1) |
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Review of rf plasma torch experiments |
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395 | (11) |
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406 | (1) |
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Laser initiated and rf sustained experiments |
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407 | (6) |
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Methods for spatial localization of a microwave discharge |
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413 | (6) |
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Repetitively Pulsed Discharges in Air |
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419 | (8) |
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419 | (2) |
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Experiments with a single pulse |
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421 | (2) |
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Experiments with 100 kHz repetitive discharge |
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423 | (4) |
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427 | (1) |
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Electron-Beam Experiment with Laser Excitation |
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427 | (16) |
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427 | (1) |
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428 | (1) |
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Experimental discharge; electron beam ionizer |
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429 | (2) |
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Results and analysis of discharge operation |
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431 | (9) |
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Summary; appraisal of the technique |
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440 | (3) |
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Research Challenges and Opportunities |
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443 | (3) |
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446 | (91) |
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446 | (4) |
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Elastic and Inelastic Laser Scattering in Air Plasmas |
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450 | (32) |
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Background and basic theory |
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450 | (12) |
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462 | (3) |
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Measurements of vibrational distribution function |
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465 | (4) |
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469 | (11) |
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480 | (2) |
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Electron Density Measurements by Millimeter Wave Interferometry |
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482 | (6) |
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482 | (1) |
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Electromagnetic wave propagation in plasma |
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483 | (3) |
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Plasma density determination |
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486 | (2) |
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Electron Density Measurement by Infrared Heterodyne Interferometry |
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488 | (13) |
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488 | (2) |
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490 | (2) |
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The infrared heterodyne interferometer |
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492 | (1) |
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Application to atmospheric pressure air microplasmas |
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493 | (1) |
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Measurement of the electron density in dc plasmas |
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494 | (4) |
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Measurement of the electron density in pulsed operation |
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498 | (2) |
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500 | (1) |
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Plasma Emission Spectroscopy in Atmospheric Pressure Air Plasmas |
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501 | (16) |
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501 | (5) |
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NO A-X and N2 C-B rotational temperature measurements |
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506 | (2) |
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N2+ B-X rotational temperature measurements |
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508 | (1) |
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Measurements of electron number density by optical emission spectroscopy |
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508 | (9) |
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Ion Concentration Measurements by Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy |
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517 | (20) |
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517 | (1) |
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Cavity ring-down spectroscopy |
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518 | (2) |
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520 | (11) |
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531 | (6) |
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Current Applications of Atmospheric Pressure Air Plasmas |
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537 | (136) |
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537 | (2) |
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Electrostatic Precipitation |
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539 | (12) |
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Historical development and current applications |
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539 | (2) |
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Main physical processes involved in electrostatic precipitation |
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541 | (5) |
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Large industrial electrostatic precipitators |
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546 | (3) |
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Intermittent and pulsed energization |
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549 | (2) |
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551 | (14) |
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Introduction: Historical development |
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551 | (2) |
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Ozone properties and ozone applications |
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553 | (1) |
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Ozone formation in electrical discharges |
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554 | (1) |
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Kinetics of ozone and nitrogen oxide formation |
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555 | (5) |
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Technical aspects of large ozone generators |
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560 | (3) |
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Future prospects of industrial ozone generation |
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563 | (2) |
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Electromagnetic Reflection, Absorption, and Phase Shift |
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565 | (9) |
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565 | (1) |
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566 | (3) |
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Air plasma characteristics |
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569 | (2) |
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571 | (1) |
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572 | (2) |
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Plasma Torch for Enhancing Hydrocarbon--Air Combustion in the Scramjet Engine |
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574 | (13) |
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574 | (3) |
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Plasma for combustion enhancement |
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577 | (3) |
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Plasma torch for the application |
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580 | (7) |
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The Plasma Mitigation of the Shock Waves in Supersonic/Hypersonic Flights |
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587 | (10) |
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587 | (1) |
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588 | (1) |
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Plasma spikes for the mitigation of shock waves: experiments and results |
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589 | (8) |
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597 | (24) |
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597 | (2) |
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599 | (2) |
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601 | (4) |
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605 | (2) |
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607 | (6) |
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613 | (2) |
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615 | (2) |
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617 | (4) |
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621 | (22) |
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621 | (1) |
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622 | (3) |
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Non-thermal plasmas for de-NOx |
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625 | (5) |
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Parametric investigation for de-NOx |
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630 | (2) |
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Pilot plant and on-site tests |
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632 | (1) |
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632 | (4) |
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Environmentally harmful gas treatments |
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636 | (3) |
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639 | (4) |
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Biological Decontamination by Non-equilibrium Atmospheric Pressure Plasmas |
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643 | (12) |
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Non-equilibrium, high pressure plasma generators |
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643 | (2) |
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645 | (3) |
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Analysis of the inactivation factors |
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648 | (5) |
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653 | (2) |
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Medical Applications of Atmospheric Plasmas |
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655 | (18) |
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A bio-compatible plasma source |
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655 | (2) |
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In vivo treatment using electric and plasma methods |
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657 | (6) |
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Plasma needle and its properties |
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663 | (3) |
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Plasma interactions with living objects |
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666 | (7) |
Appendix |
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673 | (6) |
Index |
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