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Laboratory Experiments on Arc Deflection and Instability

Authors: Stewart Zweben and Max Karasik 

Date of PPPL Report: March 2000

Submitted to: Iron and Steelmaker Magazine

This article describes experiments on arc deflection instability carried out during the past few years at the Princeton University Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL). The approach has been that of plasma physicists interested in arcs, but we believe these results may be useful to engineers who are responsible for controlling arc behavior in large electric steel furnances.