UID:
almahu_9948027178202882
Format:
1 online resource (various pagings) :
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illustrations (some color).
ISBN:
9781643270609
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9781643270586
Series Statement:
[IOP release 5]
Content:
Electric glow discharges (glows) can be found almost everywhere, from atmospheric electricity to modern plasma technologies, and have long been the object of research. The main purpose of this book is to provide simple illustrations of the basic physical mechanisms and principles that determine the properties of electric glow discharges. It should enable readers to successfully participate in scientific and technical progress.
Note:
"Version: 20180801"--Title page verso.
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"A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.
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1. Introduction -- 2. Ionization in the electric field and the first Townsend coefficient
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3. Microwave breakdown -- 3.1. Microwave breakdown due to diffusion -- 3.2. Microwave breakdown in the presence of a low dc field
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4. Breakdown and self-sustained discharge ignition in a uniform dc field : the Paschen curves -- 4.1. The secondary cathode emission effect on the current in a non-self-sustained discharge : the second Townsend coefficient -- 4.2. The Townsend condition for self-sustained dc discharge ignition -- 4.3. The ignition potential and the Paschen curves -- 4.4. Cathode boundary conditions for discharge on the right-hand branch of the Paschen curve -- 4.5. The time evolution of the breakdown -- 4.6. Limitations of the avalanche breakdown mechanism
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5. The general structure of a discharge between cold electrodes -- 5.1. The current-voltage characteristic -- 5.2. Basic characteristics and spatial structure of the glow
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6. The Townsend and subnormal modes -- 6.1. The current-voltage characteristic -- 6.2. Townsend discharge instability in the right branch of the Paschen curve
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7. The 'short' (without positive column) glow discharge -- 7.1. The fluid model of the cathode region in a normal glow -- 7.2. A model of glow discharge with account of non-local ionization -- 7.3. Influence of side walls on near-cathode plasma properties -- 7.4. Active control of plasma properties with application of external voltage to the side wall -- 7.5. Is negative glow plasma of a direct current glow discharge negatively charged? -- 7.6. The anode region
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8. Positive column of dc glow -- 8.1. Main properties of dc glow positive column -- 8.2. Positive column in atomic gases -- 8.3. The Langmuir paradox -- 8.4. PC in electronegative gases.
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Also available in print.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader, EPUB reader, or Kindle reader.
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9781643270579
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1088/978-1-64327-060-9
URL:
http://iopscience.iop.org/book/978-1-64327-060-9
