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Thermal Instability of Non‐Ideal Current‐Carrying Plasmas of Metal Vapors
Author(s) -
Iakubov I. T.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
beiträge aus der plasmaphysik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.531
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1521-3986
pISSN - 0005-8025
DOI - 10.1002/ctpp.19770170403
Subject(s) - plasma , instability , isobaric process , current (fluid) , materials science , thermal instability , thermal conduction , thermal , thermal conductivity , argon , mechanics , atomic physics , thermodynamics , physics , composite material , nuclear physics
As a result of Ohmic heating the transition proceeds from the liquid metal state to the state of the gaseous plasma. The conductivity drops rapidly. This paper reports on the thermal instability of such a discharge. The instability results in the plasma stratification across the current direction. The discussion is given of the experiment by DIKHTER and ZEIGARNIK. The discharge is layered under the isobaric heating of cesium wire in the argon atmosphere.