Unstable behavior of anodic arc discharge for synthesis of nanomaterials

Gershman, Sophia; Raitses, Yevgeny

doi:10.1088/0022-3727/49/34/345201

Title: Unstable behavior of anodic arc discharge for synthesis of nanomaterials

Abstract

A short carbon arc operating with a high ablation rate of the graphite anode exhibits a combined motion of the arc and the arc attachment to the anode. A characteristic time scale of this motion is in a 10^-3 sec range. The arc exhibits a negative differential resistance before the arc motion occurs. Thermal processes in the arc plasma region interacting with the ablating anode are considered as possible causes of this unstable arc behavior. It is also hypothesized that the arc motion could potentially cause mixing of the various nanoparticles synthesized in the arc in the high ablation regime.

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Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)

Publication Date:: 2016-07-27

Research Org.:: Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

OSTI Identifier:: 1332554

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1273675

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Journal of Physics. D, Applied Physics

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 49; Journal Issue: 34; Journal ID: ISSN 0022-3727

Publisher:: IOP Publishing

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; plasma instabilities; arc discharge; arc instabilities; atmospheric pressure arc; nano materials; nanotubes; arc synthesis

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                    Gershman, Sophia, and Raitses, Yevgeny. Unstable behavior of anodic arc discharge for synthesis of nanomaterials.  United States: N. p., 2016. 
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@article{osti_1332554,

  title        = {Unstable behavior of anodic arc discharge for synthesis of nanomaterials},

  author       = {Gershman, Sophia and Raitses, Yevgeny},

  abstractNote = {A short carbon arc operating with a high ablation rate of the graphite anode exhibits a combined motion of the arc and the arc attachment to the anode. A characteristic time scale of this motion is in a 10-3 sec range. The arc exhibits a negative differential resistance before the arc motion occurs. Thermal processes in the arc plasma region interacting with the ablating anode are considered as possible causes of this unstable arc behavior. It is also hypothesized that the arc motion could potentially cause mixing of the various nanoparticles synthesized in the arc in the high ablation regime.},

  doi          = {10.1088/0022-3727/49/34/345201},

  journal      = {Journal of Physics. D, Applied Physics},

  number       = 34,

  volume       = 49,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {2016},

  month        = {7}

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