Local thermodynamic equilibrium in free-burning arcs in argon
- 1 July 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 45 (1) , 24-25
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.94990
Abstract
Measurements of normalized radial emission coefficients in a free-burning arc in argon are presented as a function of position in the arc. The variation of these emission coefficients with pressure indicates departures from local thermodynamic equilibrium at 1-atm pressure.Keywords
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