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CHARGE-TRANSFER BETWEEN AR AND MG IN AN INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA

TitleCHARGE-TRANSFER BETWEEN AR AND MG IN AN INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication1991
AuthorsBurton, LL, Blades, MW
JournalSpectrochimica Acta Part B-Atomic Spectroscopy
Volume46
Pagination819-830
Type of ArticleArticle
ISBN Number0584-8547
KeywordsEXCITATION MECHANISMS, POPULATIONS
Abstract

Relative level population densities for several excited states of magnesium atom and ion have been measured at several RF powers and spatial positions. These were used to construct Saha-Boltzmann plots that show that the 2S and 2D levels of Mg+ are overpopulated relative to the results obtained from a simple collisional-radiative model. The degree of overpopulation has been rationalized using a simple model previously developed for Mg-Ar charge transfer.

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