
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Cross, RC 
A1  - Blackwell, BD 
T1  - Ohmic Heating and Ionization Measurements for an Axial Discharge in Hydrogen
JF  - Australian Journal of Physics
JO  - Aust. J.  Phys.
Y1  - 1978
VL  - 31
IS  - 1
SP  - 61
EP  - 70
KW  - 
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/PH780061 
N2  - Experimental results are presented on the heating effect and rate of ionization produced by an axial discharge (~1O kA) in hydrogen gas at filling pressures of 25--400 mTorr. The electron temperature remains very low (about 1·5 eV) even at ohmic heating power levels as high as 200 MWm-3 ? The results are compared with a theoretical model which assumes that the only energy loss mechanism is ionization of neutral particles. The importance of other loss mechanisms, including convection, conduction and radiation, is also discussed. 
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