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Energy Dissipation in Noble Gas Atmospheric Pressure Glow Discharges (APGD)
Author(s) -
Gag Hervé,
Piyakis Konstantinos,
Wertheimer Michael R.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
plasma processes and polymers
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.644
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1612-8869
pISSN - 1612-8850
DOI - 10.1002/ppap.201300192
Subject(s) - neon , atmospheric pressure , glow discharge , helium , dissipation , reproducibility , materials science , microplasma , plasma , atmospheric pressure plasma , atomic physics , nuclear engineering , analytical chemistry (journal) , environmental science , chemistry , argon , physics , meteorology , thermodynamics , nuclear physics , chromatography , engineering
We present precision measurements of the energy, E g , dissipated per period of the applied ac voltage at kHz frequencies (4 ≤ f ≤ 32 kHz) by atmospheric‐pressure glow discharges (APGD) in flows of helium and neon. Such data are important for determining the efficiency of excimer light sources, for example. We report the methodology and specific steps taken to achieve the desired degrees of precision and reproducibility, and compare our results with data published in the literature.