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Electrodeless microwave source of UV radiation

É. M. Barkhudarov^a, Yu. N. Kozlov^b, I. A. Kossyi^a, N. I. Malykh^a, M. A. Misakyan^a, I. M. Taktakishvili^a, A. A. Khomichenko<sup>c

a</sup> Prokhorov General Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
^b N. N. Semenov Institute of Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
^c MIREA — Russian Technological University, Moscow

Abstract: The parameters of an electrodeless microwave low-pressure discharge in an Ar + Hg vapor mixture are studied, the design of a UV radiation source for water disinfection is suggested, and its main characteristics are presented. The domestic microwave oven ($f$ = 2.45 GHz; $N$ = kW) is used as a microwave radiation source. The maximal UV power at wavelength $\lambda$ = 254 nm amounts to 120–130 W.

Received: 15.11.2011

 English version: Technical Physics, 2012, 57:6, 885–887

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