Week 3-4: Controlled Thermonuclear Fusion, The Magnetohydrodynamic Generator, Gas Discharges,Modern Astrophysics, Gas Lasers, Industrial Plasmas

Plasmas and their products are ever present in modern life. Over one billion fluorescent lamps are fabricated each year. World-wide annual sales of semiconductor devices total over $12 billion. Metallic components are hardened in plasmas in over 1000 industrial sites to improve their wear and corrosion resistance so providing more reliable parts for all types of machinery, including cars and aircraft. These processes and products are all reliant on the use of plasmas. They represent some of the relatively mature applications of plasma-based processing but there are now many other applications under development. Some, already into the production phase are the extension of micronscale engineering to information storage, display technology, micro machine fabrication. Still developing is the use of plasmas to modify the surfaces of soft materials such as polymers, textiles, and even biological materials, and so change their functionality. Improving existing processes and products and developing and implementing new pplications requires a basic understanding of the plasma environment and its interaction with surfaces.

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