Rotational temperatures of argon-nitrogen ICP discharges measured by high-resolution Fourier transform spectrometry

Autor: Mingxiang Cai, L.R. Layman, Akbar Montaser, Byron A. Palmer, Izumi Ishii
Rok vydání: 1994
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Zdroj: Spectrochimica Acta Part B: Atomic Spectroscopy. 49:1111-1119
ISSN: 0584-8547
DOI: 10.1016/0584-8547(94)80096-0
Popis: The intensity distribution in the rotational structure of the electronic band B 2 Σ + g → X 2 Σ + g of N + 2 (0,0) was measured by high-resolution Fourier transform spectrometry. This spectral information enabled estimates of the rotational temperatures in atmospheric-pressure argon-nitrogen inductively coupled plasmas (Ar-N 2 ICPs). These rotational temperatures were compared to the excitation and the Doppler temperatures of Ar ICP and Ar-N 2 ICPs having from 0 to 100% nitrogen in the outer gas flow. The rotational temperature of the mixed-gas plasmas ranged from 5500 to 10000 K, depending on the percentage of nitrogen in the outer gas flow, compared to 7800 K for the Ar ICP. The lowest and the highest rotational temperatures were obtained when the outer gas flow contained 100% and 17% nitrogen, respectively.
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