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Published on: April 3, 2018
Ordered spatial structures of dust grains in the thermal plasma
1Mechnikov Odessa National University, Odessa 65026, Ukraine.
Abstract:
The thermal complex plasma of atmospheric pressure, containing the grains of condensed phase, has been studied. It has been demonstrated that the existence of the space charge areas around the dust grains leads to the inhomogeneous ionization of the plasma and the occurrence of the fluxes of nonequilibrium charge carriers. These fluxes change the pressure of the gas on the grain surfaces and define the forces that force the grains to move towards the zone of maximum ionization perturbation of the plasma. It has been shown that the combined operation of the electrical forces and the forces of the interface pressure leads to the formation of the ordered structures, corresponding to the balance of forces. The results of computer simulation, corresponding to the experimental data, are given.
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