Mass Spectrometric Sampling Probe for Discharge Plasmas
- 1 March 1966
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Review of Scientific Instruments
- Vol. 37 (3) , 362-366
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1720180
Abstract
A versatile sampling technique is described which permits a more definitive study of ion extraction and plasma sheath formation in discharge plasmas. The ionic species from the plasma are sampled into a quadrupole mass spectrometer through a metal leak arrangement which itself acts as a probe. This behavior is substantiated by sampling probe characteristics, and charge density and electron temperature determinations for a flowing microwave discharge plasma in nitrogen at low pressure.Keywords
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