Direct-current discharge

A direct-current discharge is an electrical discharge, also known as plasma, sustained by a direct current (DC) through an ionized medium, e.g. a gas.

Examples of applications of DC discharges include welding, light generation or atomic emission spectroscopy.

See also

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 4/11/2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.