This book presents some fundamental aspects of plasma technologythat are important for
beginners interested to start research in the area ofplasma technology. These include the
properties of plasma methods of plasmageneration and basic plasma diagnostic techniques. It
also discusses severallow cost plasma devices including pulsed plasma sources such as plasma
focus pulsed capillary discharge vacuum spark and exploding wire as well as lowtemperature
plasmas such as glow discharge and dielectric barrier dischargewhich the authors believe may
have potential applications in industry. Thetreatments are experimental rather than theoretical
although some theoreticalbackground is provided where appropriate. The principles of operation
of thesedevices are also reviewed and discussed.
