Patent ID: 8124906

Claim:
An apparatus for processing metal bearing gases, the apparatus comprising: an inlet; a plasma chamber containing a metal bearing gas for abatement of the metal bearing gas; a transformer having a primary winding and a magnetic core surrounding a portion of the plasma chamber; a solid state switching power supply comprising one or more switching semiconductor devices coupled to a voltage supply and having an output coupled to the primary winding, the switching power supply driving current in the primary winding, the current inducing a potential inside the chamber that directly forms a toroidal plasma which completes a secondary circuit of the transformer and which reacts with the metal bearing gas to produce at least one of a metallic material, a metal oxide material or a metal nitride material; an outlet for outputting the at least one of a metallic material, a metal oxide material or a metal nitride material from the plasma chamber; and a replaceable component that collects the at least one of a metallic material, a metal oxide material or a metal nitride material.