Images of pulsed glow discharge in air at different pressures

  • Feng Bo Tao
  • , Bo Gao
  • , Qiao Gen Zhang
  • , Hu Wang
  • , Jiang Tao Li
  • , Ai Ci Qiu

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Abstract

This paper illustrates the formation of a volume pulsed glow discharge in air stressed by a single pulse with tens of nanosecond rise time in a nonuniform electric field gap. The images presented here show that diffuse discharges can be obtained in air with no filamentation at different pressures. With the increase of air pressure, the transform appears from diffuse discharge channels to discrete discharge channels because of the inhibiting effect of electron avalanches.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1006-1007
Number of pages2
JournalIEEE Transactions on Plasma Science
Volume36
Issue number4 PART 1
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2008
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Discharges
  • Electric fields
  • Electrodes
  • Electron tubes
  • Gas pressure
  • Glow discharges
  • Nonuniform electric fields
  • Pulsed discharge
  • Voltage measurement

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