Ternary gas mixture for diffuse discharge switch

Patent · 01 January 1988

OSTI ID:866622

Christophorou, Loucas G ^[1]; Hunter, Scott R ^[1]

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1. Oak Ridge, TN

A new diffuse discharge gas switch wherein a mixture of gases is used to take advantage of desirable properties of the respective gases. There is a conducting gas, an insulating gas, and a third gas that has low ionization energy resulting in a net increase in the number of electrons available to produce a current.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN
• Assignee: United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC)
• Patent Number(s): US 4751428
• OSTI ID: 866622
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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