Plasma directed electron beam production of nitric oxide

A system for generating nitric oxide gas comprising:

• a radio frequency power supply, an electron accelerator system, a gas supply, an electrically conductive tube connected to the radio frequency power supply and the gas supply, and a reaction chamber connected to the electrically conductive tube, said system being structured and configured such that:
• a flow of a gas is generated, wherein the gas is supplied by the gas supply and introduced into the electrically conductive tube;
• a point of discharge of the gas, whether in tubular or columnar form, is coincident with a point of emission of an electromagnetic wave emitted from the electrically conductive tube;
• and
• a fraction of a potential energy at the point of emission is used to form a plasma in the flow of the gas such that the plasma forms a conduit or waveguide that insulates and confines the electromagnetic wave in an interior of the plasma, which is manifested as a visible beam in appearance, and thereby directs a coherent electromagnetic wave to the reaction chamber, wherein the reaction chamber has a length in the direction of the electromagnetic wave, thereby enabling the electromagnetic wave to cause a disassociation of the gas, and wherein disassociated elements are recombined to generate a high concentration of nitric oxide gas in the reaction chamber.