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I am from. OPOLE. Opole University. Institute of Physics, Plasma Spectroscopy Group. 1. Symmetry of. the plasma. produced in a wall-stabilized d.c. arc. 2. Wall-stabilized arc (Maecker). 3. Wall-stabilized arc (Shumaker). 4. Main advantages of the wall-stabilized arc.
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I am from.. OPOLE Opole University Institute of Physics, Plasma Spectroscopy Group 1
Symmetry of the plasma produced ina wall-stabilized d.c. arc 2
Main advantages of the wall-stabilized arc • very stable (as well spatially as temporally) • long time of stable work (hours) • the plasma is at least close to theLocal Thermal Equilibrium • cylindrical symmetry of the plasma • uniformity of the plasma along the arc axis(neglecting infinitesimally small area near electrodes) 5
Usually the discharge is conducted in an inert gas atmosphere with small admixtures of the element under study. • Argon • Helium 6
Typical parameters of plasma produced in a wall-stabilized arc temperature: 8 000 – 15 000 (K) electron densities:1015 – 1017 (cm–3 ) pressure: 1 atmosphere 7
Gas flow 10
Optical set-up :A – top view,B – side view;1a – wall-stabilized arc, 1b – tungsten strip lamp (standard source), 2 – flat mirror,3 – spherical mirror,4 – filter, 5 – spectrograph, 6 – CCD camera, 7 – PC computer, 8 – flat mirror. 12
What can cause the differences in line intensities? Changes in chemical plasma composition (partial pressure or concentration of the species) Changes of plasma parameters (enhancement of the excitation) 16
Methods Method (A) Method (B) {partial LTE} {system of LTE equation} ne = f (FWHM(H)) ne = z· niz T = f (ne,Ar I, Ar II) T = p/(k· n) natoms Ar,H = fBoltzmann(T, ) natoms He,Ar,H = fBoltzmann(T, ) nions Ar,H = fSaha(T, ne,natoms) nions He,Ar,H = fSaha(T, ne,natoms) natoms He = patm– k·T · ni aHe = nHe/nHe( HeI) nions He = fSaha(T, ne,natoms, aHe) 17
Method (A) Method (B) Axial distribution of the temperature at different discharge currents (values on the arc axis). 18
Method (A) Method (B) Axial distribution of the electron density at different discharge currents (values on the arc axis). 19
Method (A) Method (B) Axial distribution of the temperature at different plasma compositions (values on the arc axis). 20
Method (A) Method (B) Axial distribution of the electron density at different plasma compositions (values on the arc axis). 21
Spatial distribution of plasma parameters (method A, i = 60 A) 22
Spatial distribution of Argon mass fraction (method A , i = 60 A) 23
Spatial distribution of Hydrogen mass fraction (method A , i = 60 A) 24
Spatial distribution of Helium mass fraction (method A , i = 60 A) 25
Demixing effect Murphy has shown that in a mixture of two homonuclear gases that do not react with each other the treatment of diffusion can be greatly simplified if local chemical equilibrium is assumed. In this case, instead of considering the diffusion of individual species separately, one can consider the diffusion of gases. Here a gas, for example nitrogen, is defined to consist of all the species that can be derived from that gas, for example N2, N2+, N, N+, N++, and the electrons derived from the ionization of nitrogen molecules and atoms. 27
A. B. MurphyPhys. Rev.E 55 7473 (1997) Temperature dependence of the mole fractions of the species present in a mixture of argon and helium if no demixing occurs. 28
Demixing effect Demixing can be caused by: • mole fraction (or partial pressure) gradient, • frictional forces, • thermal diffusion, • external forces (e.g. electric field). 29
A. B. Murphy, Phys. Rev. Lett. 73, 1797 (1994) Combined diffusion coefficients for different mixtures of argon and nitrogen. (a) Mole fraction diffusion coefficient; (b) temperature diffusion coefficient; (c) thermal diffusion coefficient. 30
Radial distributions of Argon mass fraction (7 different gas mixtures). 31
Radial distributions of Argon mass fraction (2 different gas mixtures). 32
Radial distributions of temperature (7 different gas mixtures). 33
Effective temperatures • Ddetermined based on intensities of • Ar I 6965.43Å • Ar I 7030.25 Å • (E1.5 eV) Effective temperatuers 34 34
The End THANK YOU for your attention 35