We report on the development of a crystal spectrometer for experiments with helium-like argon ions as a target. The spectrometer will be used as a precise diagnostic tool to study a) collisions between relativistic highly charged ions and argon atoms at the ESR; b) the interaction between pulses from the PHELIX laser and large argon clusters; and c) studies of He-like argon as created in the SP...

Field ionization of high-n CH3I Rydberg states doped into argon is presented as a function of argon number density along the critical isotherm. These data exhibit a decrease in the argon induced shift of the dopant ionization energy near the critical point. We show that this decrease is due to the interaction between argon and the quasi-free electron arising from field ionization of the dopant....

This paper presents a solution to implement neutral argon plasma (NAP) in minimally invasive medical devices (MIMD) for therapy in endoscopy. The NAP system is composed by compressed inert gas (argon), two electrodes and a high-voltage source to ionize the argon. The miniaturization of an argon reservoir is required. The finite element method simulation of a small reservoir of 304 L stainless s...

The drift velocity of electrons has been measured in liquid argon and in liquid argon containing nitrogen, oxygen and hydrogen as impurities. It has been found that with nitrogen and hydrogen in solution the drift velocity increases, but that, because of strong electron attachment, inSui3cient oxygen could be added to produce an observable effect. The results support the view that the behaviour...

an analytical equation of state was applied to calculate the thermodynamic properties for argon.the equation of state is that of song and mason. it is based on a statistical-mechanical perturbationtheory of the hard convex bodies and can be written as fifth-order polynomial in the density. thereexist three temperature-dependent parameters: the second virial coefficient, an effective molecularvo...

Perinatal hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy (HIE) has a high mortality rate with neuropsychological impairment. This study investigated the neuroprotective effects of argon against neonatal hypoxic-ischaemic brain injury.In vitro cortical neuronal cell cultures derived from rat foetuses were subjected to an oxygen and glucose deprivation (OGD) challenge for 90 minutes and then exposed to 70% arg...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of the rate of argon gas flow on joint strength in the laser-welding of cast metal plates and to measure the porosity. Two cast plates (Ti and Co-Cr alloy) of the same metal were abutted and welded together. The rates of argon gas flow were 0, 5 and 10 L/min for the Co-Cr alloy, and 5 and 10 L/min for the Ti. There was a significant differen...

Two detection systems for gas-liquid chromatography were compared for the identification of metabolic end products (short-chain organic acids) from anaerobic bacteria. Argon and flame ionization detectors were connected in series with inert argon as the carrier gas for analysis of 35 stock strains and 148 clinical isolates. There was an excellent correlation between the argon and flame ionizati...

Argon is a noble gas element that has demonstrated narcotic and protective abilities that may prove useful in the medical field. The earliest records of argon gas have exposed its ability to exhibit narcotic symptoms at hyperbaric pressures greater than 10 atmospheres with more recent evidence seeking to display argon as a potential neuroprotective agent. The high availability and low cost of a...