Title: Glow discharge characteristics of helium-neon mixtures
Abstract:The maintaining and breakdown potentials for a number of helium-neon mixtures have been determined over a pressure × distance (pd) range of 1 to 75 cm mm of mercury. The normal cathode fall and the mi...The maintaining and breakdown potentials for a number of helium-neon mixtures have been determined over a pressure × distance (pd) range of 1 to 75 cm mm of mercury. The normal cathode fall and the minimum breakdown potential were higher for mixtures containing from 1 to 5% neon, than for either of the pure gases. At higher pd values the breakdown potential was lower for mixtures of the order of 50% helium-50% neon than for the pure gases. These results suggest reactions between the two gases affecting the ionization coefficients. Charge exchange processes, detected by Oskam in the afterglow of such mixtures, are consistent with the emission spectra of the glow discharges, and are the probable cause of the variations.Read More
Publication Year: 1959
Publication Date: 1959-12-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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