Estimation and calculation of parameters of generation systems of beam-plasma formations synthesized in a high-current non-self-sustained glow discharge with hollow cathode

Abstract

The report presents methods for estimation and calculation of parameters of systems generating beam-plasma formations (BPF) for technological use in ion-plasma surface treatment of construction and tool materials. The main quantitative parameters that provide the required operational parameters and characteristics of the created plasma sources and electron-ion-plasma equipment as a whole are the concentration of gas-discharge plasma, as well as the ion current and electron current densities associated with it. It is convenient to calculate the systems for generating BPF used for technological purposes of processing the surface of materials and products based on the required value of the current density of ions accelerated to the surface of the processed products. Schemes and designs of experimental prototypes of systems for generating BPF based on a high-current non-self-sustained glow discharge with a low-pressure hollow cathode, calculated and created on the basis of the methods presented in the report, are described.