Quasi-Elastic Light Scattering Diagnostics for a High Voltage Spark Discharge

Quasi-elastic light scattering was used as a diagnostic probe into analyte material transport processes in a unipolar, positionally stable, high voltage spark discharge. The material transport by particulate intermediates was studied. Instrumentation was constructed to allow spatially-, temporally-, and angularly-resolved scattering measurements on the positionally stable spark discharge. Active polarization control on the light scattering instrument was characterized using ellipsometry and Mueller calculus. Mie scattering theory was used in the determination of particle size in an aluminum cathode model system.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Chemistry

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2014

Author dc:creator

• Lovik, Mark Alan

Contributors dc:contributor

• Scheeline, Alexander

• Chemistry, Analytical

Identifier

(UMI)AAI8823187

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/70414