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Some experimental data relating to the character of the pulsations taking place in the current (It) and voltage (Vt), and also in the brightness of the jet (Bt) at the output of a plasmotron, are presented. The distribution functions of these parameters obey a normal distribution law. The circuit elements and the external characteristics of the supply source have a marked effect on the fluctuations taking place in these plasmotron parameters.
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Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Mekhaniki i Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki, No. 5, pp. 168–170, September–October, 1970.
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An'shakov, A.S., Dautov, G.Y. & Timoshevskii, A.N. Certain characteristics of fluctuations in arc current and voltage and in the brightness of the jet in eddy-type plasmotrons. J Appl Mech Tech Phys 11, 867–870 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00851923
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