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Kinetic theory of transport processes in partially ionized reactive plasma, II: Electron transport properties

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  • Zhdanov, V.M.
  • Stepanenko, A.A.

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The previously obtained in (Zhdanov and Stepanenko, 2016) general transport equations for partially ionized reactive plasma are employed for analysis of electron transport properties in molecular and atomic plasmas. We account for both elastic and inelastic interaction channels of electrons with atoms and molecules of plasma and also the processes of electron impact ionization of neutral particles and three-body ion–electron recombination. The system of scalar transport equations for electrons is discussed and the expressions for non-equilibrium corrections to electron ionization and recombination rates and the diagonal part of the electron pressure tensor are derived. Special attention is paid to analysis of electron energy relaxation during collisions with plasma particles having internal degrees of freedom and the expression for the electron coefficient of inelastic energy losses is deduced. We also derive the expressions for electron vector and tensorial transport fluxes and the corresponding transport coefficients for partially ionized reactive plasma, which represent a generalization of the well-known results obtained by Devoto (1967). The results of numerical evaluation of contribution from electron inelastic collisions with neutral particles to electron transport properties are presented for a series of molecular and atomic gases.

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  • Zhdanov, V.M. & Stepanenko, A.A., 2016. "Kinetic theory of transport processes in partially ionized reactive plasma, II: Electron transport properties," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 461(C), pages 310-324.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:phsmap:v:461:y:2016:i:c:p:310-324
    DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2016.05.058
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    1. Zhdanov, V.M. & Stepanenko, A.A., 2016. "Kinetic theory of transport processes in partially ionized reactive plasma, I: General transport equations," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 446(C), pages 35-53.
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