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Indexed by: Journal Article

Date of Publication: 2011-01-17

Journal: PHYSICS LETTERS A

Included Journals: SCIE

Volume: 375

Issue: 3

Page Number: 598-600

ISSN: 0375-9601

Key Words: Electric breakdown; Atmospheric pressure; Radio-frequency

Abstract: The breakdown behavior of an atmospheric-pressure radio-frequency capacitively coupled argon plasma discharge at 13.56 MHz is investigated in order to produce a stable and homogeneous atmospheric-pressure argon glow discharge. It is found that the electrode separation distance plays a pivotal role in exciting argon discharge whether in mobility-controlled electric breakdown or in diffusion-controlled breakdown and the discharge mode (arc discharge, alpha-mode glow discharge, or gamma-mode glow discharge) immediately following breakdown is closely related to the breakdown mechanism. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.