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.

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