Ablation by Luminous Gas Low Pressure Plasma

What happens in a low-pressure plasma process cannot be determined in an a priori manner based only on the nature of the plasma gas or on the objective of the process. The plasma sensitivity series of elements involved, in both the luminous gas phase and the solids, that make contact with the luminous gas phase seems to determine the balance between ablation and polymerization by influencing the fragmentation pattern of molecules in the luminous gas environment. 

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