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A direct measurement of the ion-to-neutral-atom density ratio has been made in a rapidly expanding ablation plasma by means of laser selective-excitation spectroscopy. Evidence of an ionization freeze out at a degree of ionization of about 0.1% is presented.
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Arnfield et al. (1981) studied this question.
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