Influence of the percentage of argon in the Ar -N2 gas mixture on the relative number of Ar+, N2+, N and N+ particles in the plasma of a non-self-sustaining low-pressure glow discharge with a hollow cathode
The paper presents the results of studies of argon-nitrogen plasma of a non-self-sustaining low-pressure glow discharge with a hollow cathode by optical emission spectrometry. The plasma was generated in a mixture of Ar-N2 gases with an argon percentage from 0 to 100% at a total pressure of 1 Pa. The discharge current and voltage were maintained constant and amounted to 18 A and 165 V, respectively. A significant increase in the amount of Ar+ (up to 30%) at a nitrogen content of 10-25% was shown, which is associated with a shift in the reaction of nitrogen recharging with argon towards the generation of argon ions. It was found that at a low partial pressure of nitrogen (≈ 10%), a sharp increase in the content of atomic nitrogen is observed, which is probably due to the dissociation of nitrogen molecules upon collisions with an excited argon atom.
Keywords
low-pressure glow discharge, hollow cathode, plasma diagnostics, optical emission spectrometry, nitrogen dissociation, atomic nitrogen, argon plasmaAuthors
Name | Organization | |
Kovalsky S.S. | Institute of High Current Electronics SB RAS | kovalsky@opee.hcei.tsc.ru |
Denisov V.V. | Institute of High Current Electronics SB RAS | denisov@opee.hcei.tsc.ru |
Ostroverkhov E.V. | Institute of High Current Electronics SB RAS | evgeniy86evgeniy@mail.ru |
Prokop’ev V.E. | Institute of High Current Electronics SB RAS | prokop@ogl.hcei.tsc.ru |
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