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The cathode spots of the low pressure arc can remove the oxide layer and evaporate impurities on the metal surface. The removal of the oxide layer by using the cathode spots is expected to solve the recent problems of the chemical and mechanical cleaning methods. The phenomena of the cathode spots for pre-treatment of Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Spray (APPS) have been investigated. In this paper,...