title: [Temperature measurement of DC argon plasma jet].
abstract: The electron temperature of DC arc plasma jet is an important parameter, which determines the characteristics of plasma jet. The measurement of emission spectrum was performed to obtain the spectral intensities of some Ar lines and the method of diagrammatic view of Boltzmann was adopted to calculate the electron temperature. The results indicated that the electron temperature dropped at different speed along with the axes of the plasma jet and rose rapidly when the current was increased, and it also rose when the flowrate of argon was increased.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Thermal Power Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China.
authors.forename: Jian-Hua
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: Xin-Chao
authors.initials: XC
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: Zeng-Yi
authors.initials: ZY
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Tu
authors.forename: Ke-Fa
authors.initials: KF
authors.lastname: Cen