Partition functions and concentrations in plasmas out of thermalequilibrium

Pascal André (1)

1 LAEPT - Laboratoire arc électrique et plasmas thermiques

Taking into account the disequilibrium between the temperatures (electronic, rotational, vibrational, translational) in a nitrogen-plasma out of thermal equilibrium, different partition function and chemical potential calculation methods are described and applied. From the variation of the temperature hypotheses, their influence on the plasma concentration is shown

Mots clés: Thermal equilibrium; Partitions Functions; Plasma

Domaines: Autre

Pascal André. Partition functions and concentrations in plasmas out of thermalequilibrium. IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, 1995, 23, issue 3, pp.453-458. ⟨10.1109/27.402339⟩. ⟨hal-00017477⟩