[BOOK][B] The vacuum interrupter: theory, design, and application

PG Slade - 2018 - taylorfrancis.com
Drawn from the author's more than four decades of practical experience in the industry, The
Vacuum Interrupter: Theory, Design, and Application first discusses the design and …

Direct current arc plasma thrusters for space applications: Basic physics, design and perspectives

O Baranov, I Levchenko, S Xu, XG Wang… - Reviews of Modern …, 2019 - Springer
Renewed interest in space exploration and aspirations for colonization of Mars, Moon and
possibly other extra-terrestrial bodies puts pressure on the present-day space technology to …

Enhanced thermal stability of solar selective absorber based on nano-multilayered TiAlON films deposited by cathodic arc evaporation

HD Liu, B Yang, MR Mao, Y Liu, YM Chen, Y Cai… - Applied Surface …, 2020 - Elsevier
Titanium-nitride/oxynitride-based coatings have great potential for solar selective absorber
applications in high temperatures. However, the recent developed absorbers suffered from …

Effect of Ti-Al cathode composition on plasma generation and plasma transport in direct current vacuum arc

I Zhirkov, AO Eriksson, A Petruhins… - Journal of Applied …, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
DC arc plasma from Ti, Al, and Ti 1-x Al x (x= 0.16, 0.25, 0.50, and 0.70) compound cathodes
was characterized with respect to plasma chemistry and charge-state-resolved ion energy …

[HTML][HTML] Influence of bias voltage on microstructure, mechanical properties and thermal stability of arc evaporated Cr0. 74Ta0. 26N coatings

C Kainz, M Pohler, GC Gruber, M Tkadletz… - Surface and Coatings …, 2021 - Elsevier
CrTaN coatings were deposited by cathodic arc evaporation and the influence of the bias
voltage on the microstructure, mechanical properties and thermal stability was investigated …

Charge state, angular distribution, and kinetic energy of ions from multicomponent-cathodes in vacuum arc devices

AG Nikolaev, EM Oks, KP Savkin, GY Yushkov… - Journal of Applied …, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
We present research results on vacuum arc plasma produced with multicomponent cathode
made of several different elements. The ion mass-to-charge-state spectra of the plasmas …

Multiply charged metal ions in high current pulsed vacuum arcs

GY Yushkov, AG Nikolaev, VP Frolova, EM Oks… - Physics of …, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
We show that vacuum arc plasma discharges with a current of several kiloamperes and
duration of a few microseconds can generate multiply charged metal ions with charge states …

Generation of hydrogen isotope ions in a vacuum arc discharge with a composite zirconium deuteride cathode

SA Barengolts, DY Karnaukhov, AG Nikolaev… - Technical Physics, 2015 - Springer
The mass and charge composition of the plasma of a vacuum arc with thick and film-type
zirconium cathodes containing deuterium and hydrogen is investigated experimentally and …

A comparison of plasma generation, plasma transport, and film formation for a DC vacuum arc source with Ti–X compound cathodes (X= W, C, Al, and Si)

I Zhirkov, P Polcik, A Petruhins, S Kolozsvári… - Journal of Applied …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
This investigation reports the influence of Ti–C and Ti–W cathode composition on an
industrial-scale dc vacuum arc plasma source. Further, we analyze the influence of plasma …

Substrate rotation-induced chemical modulation in Ti-Al-ON coatings synthesized by cathodic arc in an industrial deposition plant

M Hans, M to Baben, YT Chen, KG Pradeep… - Surface and Coatings …, 2016 - Elsevier
Reactive cathodic arc evaporation of Ti-Al-ON was carried out in an industrial deposition
system with two-fold substrate rotation. The structural and compositional evolution of the …