Diffuse vacuum arc with heated cathode made of ceramic (CeO2) and metal (Cr) mixture
- 1 January 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Plasma Sources Science and Technology
- Vol. 29 (1), 015004
- https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/ab5f33
Abstract
The paper presents a diffuse vacuum arc with heated cathode made of ceramic (CeO2) and metal (Cr) mixture, initiated and studied for the first time. Plasma sources of multicomponent mixtures are demanded for plasma based methods of rare-earths recycling and spent nuclear fuel reprocessing, which are currently under development. The discharge current-voltage characteristic was measured for different cathode temperatures (1950-2250 K); in the range of the arc current 30-100 A the voltage varied from 6 to 11 V. A cooling effect of the mixed cathode due to the thermionic emission at presence of the arc plasma was found; the effect reached about 150 W at the arc current of 30 A. The cooling effect and the current-voltage characteristic distinguish the discharge from the diffuse vacuum arcs with single-component cathodes made of cerium dioxide and chromium. The plasma parameters and optical emission spectra were analyzed for various cathode temperatures and arc currents (electron temperature was 0.4-0.6 eV, local particle densities in plasma near the cathode were in range 10(11)-10(13) cm(-3)). The study is of interest for plasma sources development and increase of their efficiency as well as for the tasks aimed at ionization of multicomponent mixtures.Funding Information
- Russian Academy of Sciences (The state assignment No. 0120135784)
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