In this work,we studied the effects of the discharge current,gas flow rate and vessel pressure on the electron temperature and density of Ar plasma by Langmuir probe measurement.The argon plasma was created by a one-cathode arc source.The experimental results show that with increasing discharge current and gas flow rate,the electron temperature and density increase.It is found that when the discharge current is 70 A,90 A and HO A at an argon flow rate of2000 seem,the electron densities at about 0.186 m distance from the nozzle are 13.00×10m,14.04×10mand 15.62×10m,and the electron temperatures are 0.38 eV,0.58 eV and0.71 eV,respectively.The positive I-V characteristic is explained.