Formation of compression erosion plasma fluxes of a given composition in dense gases

This article presents the results of experimental investigations of compression erosion plasma fluxes of a given composition determined by the material of the internal electrode; the fluxes have been obtained for the first time in air at atmospheric pressure. It is shown that a compression erosion plasma flux possesses marked absorption in the visible spectral region. The basic thermodynamic parameters of these fluxes were determined with the use of a two-channel system of recording plasma radiation. Reported at the International Conference on Plasma Physics and Plasma Technologies, Minsk, September 15–19, 1997. Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 67, No. 2, pp. 229–233, March–April, 2000.