https://doi.org/10.1007/s100530050016
Current-voltage characteristics of a non-transferred plasma spray torch
Department of physics, Bharathiar University,
Coimbatore 641 046, India
Received:
25
May
1999
Published online: 15 January 2000
I-V characteristics of a non-transferred DC plasma spray torch operating on argon and argon + nitrogen mixtures are reported. Arc voltage is decreased with increase in arc current and increased with increase in electrode gap. Arc power is higher at higher percentage of nitrogen in argon. Nottingham co-efficients were calculated using numerical method.
PACS: 52.75.Hn – Plasma torches / 52.75 Rx – Plasma applications in manufacturing and materials processing (etching, surface cleaning, spraying, arc welding, ion implantation, film deposition, etc.) / 52.80.Mg – Arcs; sparks; lightning
© EDP Sciences, Società Italiana di Fisica, Springer-Verlag, 2000
