Argon plasmas with uniform density and temperature are generated by a planar shock wave through argon gas.The opacities of argon plasma,covering the thermodynamic states at temperature of 1.4-2.2eV and in density of 0...Argon plasmas with uniform density and temperature are generated by a planar shock wave through argon gas.The opacities of argon plasma,covering the thermodynamic states at temperature of 1.4-2.2eV and in density of 0.0083-0.015g/cm^(3),are investigated by measuring the emitted radiance versus time at several visible wavelengths.Comparison of the measured opacities with the calculated ones demonstrates that the average atom model can be used well to describe the essential transport behaviour of photons in argon plasma under the above-mentioned thermodynamic condition.A simplified and self-consistent method to deduce the reflectivity R(λ)at the baseplate surface is applied.It demonstrates that the values of R(λ)are all around 0.4 in the experiments,which are basically in agreement with those given by Erskine previously(1994 J.Quant.Spectrosc.Radiat.Transfer 5197.)展开更多
文摘Argon plasmas with uniform density and temperature are generated by a planar shock wave through argon gas.The opacities of argon plasma,covering the thermodynamic states at temperature of 1.4-2.2eV and in density of 0.0083-0.015g/cm^(3),are investigated by measuring the emitted radiance versus time at several visible wavelengths.Comparison of the measured opacities with the calculated ones demonstrates that the average atom model can be used well to describe the essential transport behaviour of photons in argon plasma under the above-mentioned thermodynamic condition.A simplified and self-consistent method to deduce the reflectivity R(λ)at the baseplate surface is applied.It demonstrates that the values of R(λ)are all around 0.4 in the experiments,which are basically in agreement with those given by Erskine previously(1994 J.Quant.Spectrosc.Radiat.Transfer 5197.)
