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An experimental investigation of the velocity of a high-current arc with air injection in the discharge chamber of a coaxial sectioned plasmatron is described. The experiments showed that the velocity of the cathode spot on the electrode surface depends on the arc current and on the external magnetic field strength. The air flow rate in the plasmatron chamber was 7.1 g/sec.
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Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 17, No. 3, pp. 570–574, September, 1969.
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Shaboltas, A.S. Velocity of the electric arc in a plasmatron discharge chamber. Journal of Engineering Physics 17, 1191–1194 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00827835
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00827835