The Mass Spectrometric Analysis of Negative Ions Extracted from Point-to-Plane Negative Corona Discharge in Ambient Air

Skalny, Jan D; Orszagh, Juraj; Mason, Nigel; Rees, J.A.; Aranda-Gonzalvo, Y. and Whitmore, Terry D. (2008). The Mass Spectrometric Analysis of Negative Ions Extracted from Point-to-Plane Negative Corona Discharge in Ambient Air. In: PLASMA 2007: International Conference on Research and Applications of Plasmas; 4th German-Polish Conference on Plasma Diagnostics for Fusion and Applications; 6th French-Polish Seminar on Thermal Plasma in Space and Laboratory, 19 Mar 2008.

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Abstract

In this paper we report the detection and mass analysis of negative ions formed in a negative corona discharge using ambient air at atmospheric pressure. All of the detected anions are observed in the form of clusters, predominately containing water demonstrating the importance of humidity in atmospheric discharges. The formation mechanisms for such clustering phenomena are discussed

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