Speed of streamers in argon over a flat surface of a dielectric

Autor: WW Winfred Stoffels, A Ana Sobota, Nicolaas J. Kramer, F Freddy Manders, van Em Eddie Veldhuizen, Alexandre Lebouvier, M Marco Haverlag
Přispěvatelé: Elementary Processes in Gas Discharges, Atmospheric pressure non-thermal plasmas and their interaction with substrates, Plasma & Materials Processing
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 42(1), 015211-1/8. Institute of Physics
ISSN: 0022-3727
Popis: A pin–pin electrode geometry was used to study the velocities of streamers propagating over a flat dielectric surface and in gas close to the dielectric. The experiments were done in an argon atmosphere, at pressures from 0.1 to 1 bar, with repetitive voltage pulses. The dielectric surface played a noticeable role in discharge ignition and propagation. The average speed of the discharge decreased with higher pressure and lower voltage pulse rise rate. It was higher when the conductive channel between the electrodes was formed over the dielectric, rather than through the gas. Space resolved measurements revealed an increase in velocity of the discharge as it travelled towards the grounded electrode.
Databáze: OpenAIRE