Spatially resolved measurement of hydroxyl radical (OH) concentration in an argon RF plasma jet by planar laser-induced fluorescence

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Authors

VORÁČ Jan OBRUSNÍK Adam PROCHÁZKA Vojtěch DVOŘÁK Pavel TALÁBA Marek

Year of publication 2014
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Plasma Sources Science and Technology
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Faculty of Science

Citation
Web http://stacks.iop.org/0963-0252/23/i=2/a=025011
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0963-0252/23/2/025011
Field Plasma physics
Keywords Laser induced fluorescence; hydroxyl; OH; plasma pencil; atmospheric pressure discharges
Description A spatially resolved two-dimensional quantitative measurement of OH concentration in an effluent of a radio-frequency-driven atmospheric pressure plasma jet ignited in argon is presented. The measurement is supported by a gas dynamics model which gives detailed information about the spatially resolved gas composition and temperature. The volume in which the OH radicals were found and partially also the total amount of OH radicals increase with the argon flow rate, up to a value for which the flow becomes turbulent. In the turbulent regime, both the emission from the jet and the OH concentration are confined to a smaller volume. The maximum concentration of about 5.4 \times 10^21 m -3 is reached at the tip of the visible discharge at the flow rate of 0.6 slm and high driving powers. An increase in hydroxyl concentration due to admixing of humid ambient air to the argon flow was observed.
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