Decaying of Nitrogen Second Positive System by Addition of H2 Gas in Air DB Discharge.docVIP

Journal of Modern Physics, 2013, 4, 160-167 /10.4236/jmp.2013.42022 Published Online February 2013 (/journal/jmp) Decaying of Nitrogen Second Positive System by Addition of H Gas in Air DB Discharge 2 Doaa M. El-Zeer , Ahmed Samir , Farouk Elakshar , Abdo A. Garamoon 1 1 2 2 1 Center of Plasma Technology, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt 2 Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt Email: felakshar@ Received October 19, 2012; revised November 26, 2012; accepted December 5, 2012 ABSTRACT Effects of addition of H gas in air DB discharge on its optical and electrical characteristics have been studied. Optical 2 emission spectroscopy is used to investigate the effect of hydrogen admixing on the emission intensity of the nitrogen second positive systems (300 - 420 nm) and the relative population density of N2?C ? ,? u ?? states. An obvious de- 3 caying of the emission intensity of the nitrogen second positive bands with the introduction of H has been observed. It 2 ?? ? ,? is the responsible reason of this decay- u has been concluded that quenching of the nitrogen excited state N2?C 3 ing. Mechanisms of excitation and ionization processes of nitrogen molecules in this mixture have been studied. Proc- esses which are responsible for the decaying of the population density of N2?C ?? ? ,? have been reported. Addition 3 u of H to air improves the electrical characteristics of the DB discharge. An abrupt increasing in the electron density, 2 reached about thirty fold at H flow rate of 3 L/min, as a result of increasing the ionization processes has been reported. 2 The breakdown voltage of the discharge decreased from 1.87 kV to about 1.25 kV by the addition of H at flow rate of 3 2 L/min. Keywords: Nitrogen Second Positive; DBD; H Addition; I