Measurement of the ground state and metastable atomic nitrogen number density in a low-pressure plasma jet
- 1 November 1995
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Plasma Sources Science and Technology
- Vol. 4 (4), 597-605
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0963-0252/4/4/011
Abstract
The radial profiles of metastable and ground state atomic number densities at numerous sections of a supersonic nitrogen plasma jet have been derived from UV absorption and emission spectroscopy. An original method that provides the ground state number density from the ratio of the intensities of the 119.955, 120.022 and 120.071 nm resonance lines has been developed. Along the jet axis direction, and similarly to the N and N2+ excited states, the N ground state density decreases more steeply at the centre of the jet than at its border. At the exit of the plasma source, our results throw doubt upon the nitrogen dissociation rate usually considered in the literature.Keywords
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