Partially Ionized Gases
Partially Ionized
Gases
M. Mitchner
Charles H. Kruger, Jr.
Mechanical Engineering Department
Stanford University
Title Page
Preface
Chapter I - Introduction
- PARTIALLY IONIZED GASES pp 1-2
- THEORIES OF FLUIDS pp 2-4
- TOPICS TO BE COVERED pp 4-7
- UNITS pg 7
- EQUATION NUMBERING AND OTHER CONVENTIONS pp 7-8
Chapter II - Collisional and Radiative Processes
- INTRODUCTION pp 9-10
- PARTICLES AND COLLISIONS IN PARTIALLY IONIZED GASES pp10-17
- CROSS SECTIONS pp 18-22
- COLLISION CROSS SECTION MAGNITUDES pp 22-32
- REACTION RATE_ COLLISION FREQUENCY_ AND MEAN FREE PATH pp 32-37
- THE VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION AND AVERAGES pp37-47
- ENERGY AND MOMENTUM TRANSFER IN ELASTIC COLLISIONS pp 47-54
- CHARGED PARTICLE COLLISIONS pp 54-62
- RADIATIVE PROCESSES pp 62-75
- EQUILIBRIUM RELATIONS pp 75-80
- THE PRINCIPLE OF DETAILED BALANCING pp 80-88
- TRANSPORT PROPERTIES – VISCOSITY AND THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY pp 88-94
- ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY pp 94-100
- REPRESENTATIVE CROSS-SECTION DATA pp 100-124
Chapter III - Plasmas
- INTRODUCTION pg 126
- ELECTRICAL NEUTRALITY – THE DEBYE LENGTH pp 126-129
- SHEATHS pp 129-134
- SHIELDED COULOMB POTENTIAL pp 134-136
- RESPONSE TIME – THE PLASMA FREQUENCY pp 136-140
- ELECTROSTATIC PROBES pp 140-146
- AMBIPOLAR DIFFUSION pp 146-155
- PROPAGATION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES pp 155-162
Chapter IV - Magnetohydrodynamics
- INTRODUCTION pp163-164
- PARTICLE MOTION IN UNIFORM AND CONSTANT FIELDS pp 165-172
- EFFECTS OF COLLISIONS – THE HALL CURRENT AND ION SLIP pp 173-182
- CONTINUUM DESCRIPTION OF CONDUCTING FLUIDS pp 182-187
- TWO-TEMPERATURE PLASMAS pp 188-189
- THE MHD APPROXIMATION pp 189-199
- HARTMANN FLOW pp 199-206
- THE GENERALIZED OHM’S LAW pp 206-213
- MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC (MHD) POWER GENERATION pp 214-230
- TWO-TEMPERATURE IONIZATION INSTABILITY pp 230-241
Chapter V - Collision Theory
- INTRODUCTION pg 242
- DYNAMICS OF TWO-PARTICLE ELASTIC INTERACTIONS pp 242-246
- CLASSIFICATION OF TRAJECTORIES pp 247-249
- CLASSICAL THEORY OF ELASTIC SCATTERING pp 250-255
- SCATTERING IN A COULOMB FIELD pp 255-260
- SMALL ANGLE SCATTERING pp 260-263
- DOMAIN OF VALIDITY OF CLASSICAL THEORY pp 263-265
- J.J. THOMSON THEORY OF THREE-BODY RECOMBINATION pp 266-269
- ELECTRON-ION THREE-BODY RECOMBINATION pp 270-272
Chapter VI - Radiation Theory
- INTRODUCTION pg 273
- MAXWELL’S EQUATIONS AND RELATED CONCEPTS pp 273-276
- ELECTROMAGNETIC POTENTIALS pp 276-278
- PLANE WAVES IN A VACUUM pp 278-281
- SOLUTION FOR THE POTENTIALS IN AN UNBOUNDED REGION pp 281-284
- ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION pp 284-291
- BREMSSTRAHLUNG (FREE-FREE EMISSION) pp 291-296
- RADIATIVE CAPTURE (FREE-BOUND EMISSION) pp 296-301
- LINE RADIATION (BOUND-BOUND EMISSION) pp 301-304
- LINE SHAPE pp 304-313
- BLACKBODY RADIATION pp 313-320
Chapter VII - Kinetic Theory
- INTRODUCTION pp 321-322
- DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS AND PARTICLE FLUXES pp 322-326
- THE BOLTZMANN EQUATION AND THE CONSERVATION EQUATIONS pp 326-338
- THE FOKKER-PLANCK COLLISION TERM pp 338-344
- THE EXPANSION FOR SMALL ELECTRON MASS pp 344-351
- THE CARTESIAN-TENSOR EXPANSION pp 351-368
Chapter VIII - Transport Properties
- INTRODUCTION pp 369-370
- WEAKLY IONIZED PLASMAS pp 370-385
- THE CONDITIONS FOR A MAXWELLIAN DISTRIBUTION pp 385-391
- PARTIALLY IONIZED PLASMAS pp 391-410
- FULLY IONIZED PLASMAS pp 410-415
- HEAVY-PARTICLE TRANSPORT PROPERTIES pp 415-419
- MIXTURE RULES pp 419-426
- NONELASTIC COLLISIONS pp 426-430
Chapter IX - Ionizational Nonequilibrium
- INTRODUCTION pp 431-432
- CONTINUITY AND RATE EQUATIONS pp 433-442
- DEPARTURES FROM THE SAHA EQUATION pp 442-457
- IONIZATION AND RECOMBINATION RATES pp 457-469
- THE EFFECTS OF A NON-MAXWELLIAN DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION pp 469-482
- IONIZATIONAL NONEQUILIBRIUM IN FLOWING PLASMAS pp 482-495
Appendix
Values of Some Fundamental Physical Constants
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