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Conditions of the destruction of organic compounds in a hf discharge plasma at reduced pressure and parameters of this plasma type are determined. The plasma reactor for destruction of organic compounds in this discharge plasma is described. The reactor design enables one to analyze destruction products without artefacts. The main plasmolysis product in the inert plasma is carbon black. The hydrocarbon (toluene, n-heptane) destruction efficiency in a helium-oxygen plasma under optimum conditions is higher than 99.9%.
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The authors thank their former colleague V. Opletal for help with the design of the electrical parts of the instrumentation. The work was supported by Grant No. 63157 of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic and by Grant No. 202/93/2118 of the Grant Agency of the Czech Republic.
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1This study is a part of the project TOCOEN (Toxic Organic Compounds in the Environment).
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Teplý, J., Dressler, M., Janča, J. et al. Destruction of Organic Compounds in a High-Frequency Discharge Plasma at Reduced Pressure. Plasma Chem Plasma Process 15, 465–479 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03651418
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