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In high intensity electric discharge in air at atmospheric pressure between parallel plates, during their mutual distance gradually decreasing, there was a plasma compression going on by recombination pressure of decaying peripheral zone of plasma. When the distance between the electrodes was small, there was observed a decrease of pressure and an increase of the cohesive forces in central plasma of the discharge, this being interpreted as a phase transition in plasma —its condensation.
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In the end I would like to express my thanks to Prof. Dr. S. Veis for his introduction into the problematics of the dense non-ideal plasma.
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Herka, A. Phase transition in plasma of electric discharge between parallel plates in air. Czech J Phys 30, 522–530 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01596301
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