
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Prime, HA 
T1  - The Absorption and Reflection of Microwave Radiation by a Mercury-Vapour Discharge
JF  - Australian Journal of Chemistry
JO  - Aust. J. Chem.
Y1  - 1952
VL  - 5
IS  - 4
SP  - 592
EP  - 606
KW  - 
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9520592 
N2  - The power transmission and reflection coefficients of a limited volume of ionized gas (a mercury-vapour discharge) located within a waveguide have been measured at a frequency of approximately 10,000 Mc/s. by a microwave method. From these coefficients the real and imaginary components of the complex conductivity of the discharge are evaluated. The results show that the real component of the conductivity &#1073;r is a linearly increasing function of the discharge current, whereas the rate of increase of the imaginary component &#1073;i, which is negative, decreases with increasing discharge current. The ratio &#1073;i/&#1073;r, decreases with increase in current, but is of the order of unit;- due to the fact that the gas pressure is sufficiently high (?1 atm.) to make &#1073;r comparable with &#1073;i. The theoretical basis of the work is presented in an appendix in which the particular case of high pressure conditions is discussed. 
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