Interaction between vacuum arc plasma and microdroplets
M. P. Lukovnikova
Irkutsk State University, Irkutsk, Russia
P. Siemroth
Fraunhofer Institute of Materials and Beam Technology, Dresden, Germany
The model of interaction between vacuum arc plasma and a microdroplet has been constructed, which takes into account the model of expansion of the current-carrying plasma jet and uses differ-ent mechanisms of droplet acceleration and evaporation. The change of a temperature, a velocity and a size of droplet in a plasma flow has been analyzed. The typical temporal and space parameters of acceleration and evaporation processes have been determined.