Two temperature noble gas plasma Part 1- Thermodynamics and transport coefficients Part 2 - Transport Properties of Argon Plasma

Abstract

From thermodynamic principles, species, kinetic temperature and state equations are defined. The different equilibrium models to compute a two-temperature plasma composition are presented. Theeffect of lowering of ionization potential on plasma composition is found to be very small. Expressions for two-temperature plasma transport coefficients are presented. Using the expressions for electron and heavy particle transport coefficients, the properties of non-equilibrium argon plasma are computed and the computed values in the limit 0 = I agree satisfactorily with the exact theory.