SELECTED METHODS OF TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENTS OF PLASMA IN PLASMA JET REACTORS

In plasma physics, the temperature is an extremely important parameter which determinates the type and energy of plasma particles, and thus their chemical and electrical properties. This is particularly important in biotechnology and medicine, where use of plasma jet reactor is limited by maximum permitted temperature of exhaust gas. The article presents selected methods of temperature measuring in non-equilibrium plasma produced in jet reactors. Due to the nature and purpose of measurement, as a particularly useful methods were described: thermocouple (the gas temperature), electrostatic probe (electron temperature) and spectroscopic methods (temperature excitation of atoms and ions).