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An experiment to measure the equilibrium charge of dust particles embedded in a plasma.

Authors :
Kakati, M.
Saikia, B. K.
Chakraborty, M.
Goswami, K. S.
Bujarbarua, S.
Source :
Physics of Plasmas. Dec2000, Vol. 7 Issue 12. 2 Black and White Photographs, 2 Diagrams, 1 Graph.
Publication Year :
2000

Abstract

The average equilibrium charge of submicron sized silver particles, collected during a finite time of transit through a magnetically confined plasma is reported. The fine, almost spherical particles with uniform size are produced in an evaporation chamber. The average charge of the particles was found to be about 1.4x10[sup 2] electronic charges. This result is compared with theoretical predictions. © 2000 American Institute of Physics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Subjects

Subjects :
*EQUILIBRIUM
*PLASMA gases

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1070664X
Volume :
7
Issue :
12
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Physics of Plasmas
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
4416413
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1326061