Temporal evolution of the glow and spark regimes of nanosecond repetitively pulsed discharges in water vapor

Florent P. Sainct*, Deanna A. Lacoste, Christophe O. Laux

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    Abstract

    Nanosecond repetitively pulsed discharges are applied to pure water vapor at 450 K and 1 atm. The plasma behavior in the glow and spark regimes is presented. The glow regime presents a streamer-like propagation, whereas the spark regime shows an homogeneous excitation of the gap.

    Original languageEnglish (US)
    Article number6858003
    Pages (from-to)2620-2621
    Number of pages2
    JournalIEEE Transactions on Plasma Science
    Volume42
    Issue number10
    DOIs
    StatePublished - Oct 1 2014

    Keywords

    • Ion emission
    • Non-equilibrium plasma discharges
    • atmospheric-pressure plasmas
    • steam.

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Condensed Matter Physics
    • Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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