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Diagnostic Techniques for Thermal Plasmas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2011

Sidney A. Self*
Affiliation:
Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305
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Abstract

A broad overview is given of diagnostic techniques applicable to thermal plasmas used for materials processing, chemical synthesis and plasma spraying.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1987

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