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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 February 2011
An experimental method using laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) to determine the distribution of neutral manganese in a gas tungsten welding arc is described. The theoretical consideration and experimental difficulties encountered when extending LIF techniques from flames to thermal plasmas are discussed, and preliminary results are presented.
Work supported in part by the U. S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Research, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, under DOE Contract No. DE-ACO7-761D01570, and in part by the U.S. Navy, Office of Naval Research, Code 471 under government order No. N00014-84-F-0152.