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McCall, Benjamin J. Friday, David 2014-05-30T16:53:25Z 2014-05-30T16:53:25Z 2014-05 2014-05-30T16:53:25Z 2014-05 Atmospheric pressure water-based plasmoids have been studied for over a decade now, however a large amount of information regarding how the plasmoid is impacted by the parameters of the plasmoid generator and environment, and what chemical species are present in the plasmoid has not been reported. To fill this gap, the geometry and the materials of the plasmoid generator were varied greatly in order to determine how the plasmoid changes in response to each of these parameters. Furthermore, the effect the atmosphere’s and environment’s parameters have on the rising plasmoid was studied in a controlled environment. Mass spectrometry of these plasmoids was also performed using an ion trap and an orbitrap in order to identify the ions present in the plasmoid. These spectra revealed the presence of (H2O)nH+ (n=2, 3), (H2O)nNO+ (n=0, 1), and several small molecules including H2O, NH3, and NO3 bound to metal ions. Using isotopic labeling, these ions provided quantitative evidence showing the plasmoid’s unique ability to protect its contents from mixing with the ambient air. Item withdrawn by Laura Spradlin (lspradl2@illinois.edu) on 2014-03-17T13:13:48Z Item was in collections: University of Illinois Theses & Dissertations (ID: 1) No. of bitstreams: 8 5 Table of Contents.docx: 21247 bytes, checksum: 9e6cb50046d56680020816eb3f681011 (MD5) 4Acknowledgments.docx: 21607 bytes, checksum: 91a4df9867329f44abbb4a8f9ac7113a (MD5) 3Dedication Page.docx: 18248 bytes, checksum: dc5694437f799bcc2955eeba7348b6b7 (MD5) 2Abstract.docx: 20639 bytes, checksum: 0708ec68225d0fd0985b9bfbc8074b5d (MD5) 1Title Page.docx: 13687 bytes, checksum: 93ab9510468742a735fc30a90ef01ef8 (MD5) 0Copyright.docx: 15374 bytes, checksum: 43944da09ea7664a800a8b92477a4c6d (MD5) Friday_David.docx: 9445100 bytes, checksum: 3cd88e88b3e2b7ba3d00b856b3937df7 (MD5) Friday_David.pdf: 7932564 bytes, checksum: 69483b2375d64355791700c70ed22b38 (MD5) Made available in DSpace on 2014-05-30T16:53:25Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 9 David_Friday.pdf: 7932564 bytes, checksum: 69483b2375d64355791700c70ed22b38 (MD5) 5 Table of Contents.docx: 21247 bytes, checksum: 9e6cb50046d56680020816eb3f681011 (MD5) 4Acknowledgments.docx: 21607 bytes, checksum: 91a4df9867329f44abbb4a8f9ac7113a (MD5) 3Dedication Page.docx: 18248 bytes, checksum: dc5694437f799bcc2955eeba7348b6b7 (MD5) 2Abstract.docx: 20639 bytes, checksum: 0708ec68225d0fd0985b9bfbc8074b5d (MD5) 1Title Page.docx: 13687 bytes, checksum: 93ab9510468742a735fc30a90ef01ef8 (MD5) 0Copyright.docx: 15374 bytes, checksum: 43944da09ea7664a800a8b92477a4c6d (MD5) Friday_David.docx: 9445100 bytes, checksum: 3cd88e88b3e2b7ba3d00b856b3937df7 (MD5) license.txt: 4060 bytes, checksum: e009a0265e21e82dd613182d115c0eea (MD5) http://hdl.handle.net/2142/49634 en Copyright 2014 David M. Friday Plasma Atmospheric Pressure Mass Spectrometry Water Non-Equilibrium Plasma Plasmoids Plasmoid Generator Humid Plasma In pursuit of a chemical and phenomenological understanding of long-living atmospheric pressure water-based ball plasmoids text Thesis M.S. Chemistry 1413 Chemistry 0335 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign MS:Chemistry -UIUC 10KS0335MS