Of the large number of available systems and technical solutions, designed for producing low-temperature plasma, preference was given to those where the air was ionised by electromagnetic radiation of the high-frequency and microwave wavelength ranges, high-current electron beams or laser radiation. This selection of the ionisation sources was determined mainly by their availability and technical possibilitiesTranslated from Russian (Cold non-equil. plasma properties and applications, Tomsk Polytechnical Univ., 1999)Available from British Library Document Supply Centre-DSC:9023.190(10303)T / BLDSC - British Library Document Supply CentreSIGLEGBUnited Kingdo