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Thermal Plasmas for Material Processing
Author(s) -
Henne R.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
contributions to plasma physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.531
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1521-3986
pISSN - 0863-1042
DOI - 10.1002/ctpp.2150390503
Subject(s) - plasma , materials science , materials processing , welding , thermal , coating , engineering physics , process engineering , nanotechnology , nuclear engineering , composite material , physics , engineering , nuclear physics , thermodynamics
Plasma technologies have undoubtedly gained high importance due to their outstanding properties and they have found a large field of scientific and technical applications. Thermal plasmas with temperatures of around 10,000 K and more are particularly suitable for material processing, e.g. for melting, cutting, welding or coating. They are also of increased interest in waste destruction or material synthesis. Following some remarks about the definition of “thermal plasmas” and their generation some representative examples of applications are described in more detail together with considerations about the relevant technical and economic importance at present and potentially in future.