Are all atmospheric pressure cold plasma jets electrically driven?
Up to now, all studies on the dynamics behavior of non-equilibrium plasma plumes were focussed on noble gas plasma plumes. It was found out that they are electrically driven rather than gas flow dependent. Our study on the dynamics of a non-equilibrium N2 plasma plume reveals that the propagation velocity of the N2 plasma plume is several orders magnitude lower than those previously reported and further studies show that it is close to the gas flow velocity. The gas flow has a significant effect on the length of the plasma plume, and the results provide some fundamental knowledge about atmospheric pressure plasma jets.