J. Menart et al., THEORETICAL RADIATIVE EMISSION RESULTS FOR ARGON COPPER THERMAL PLASMAS/, Plasma chemistry and plasma processing, 16(1), 1996, pp. 245-265
Theoretically determined radiative properties for argon and argon/copp
er plasmas at one atmosphere, in the temperature range from 3000 to 25
000 K, are presented. The spectrum from 0.03 to 25 mu m is covered. Th
e spectral emission coefficient, integrated emission coefficient, and
net emission coefficient are the properties considered. To determine t
he limits of the optically thin regime, the intensity for a line-of-si
ght in an isothermal, homogeneous plasma versus pathlength is compared
to the intensity calculated with the optically thin assumption. To ob
tain information on the dominating emission mechanisms, the fractional
contributions of the bound-bound (line), free-bound, and free-free em
ission are shown. To obtain information on the dominating species, plo
ts of the fractional contributions of each of the atom and ion types i
s presented. Because it is of interest to know how much of the total r
adiation is in the vacuum ultraviolet wavelength region, fractional pl
ots of this are presented too.