Ionization and ion transport : a primer for the study of gas discharges and plasmas / David B. Go.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Go, David B., author.

Contributor:

Institute of Physics (Great Britain), publisher.

Series:

IOP (Series). Release 22.

IOP series in plasma physics.

IOP ebooks. 2022 collection.

[IOP release $release]

IOP series in plasma physics

IOP ebooks. [2022 collection]

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ionization of gases.

Ions--Migration and velocity.

Ions.

Glow discharges.

Plasma (Ionized gases).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (various pagings) : illustrations (some color).

Edition:

Second edition.

Other Title:

Primer for the study of gas discharges and plasmas.

Place of Publication:

Bristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK) : IOP Publishing, [2022]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader, EPUB reader, or Kindle reader.

Biography/History:

David B. Go is the Viola D. Hank Professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Notre Dame in Notre Dame, Indiana. Professor Go received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University and joined the faculty of the University of Notre Dame in 2008.

Summary:

Gas discharges and non-equilibrium low-temperature plasmas form the basis for most plasma technologies. This book introduces engineering and science students to the basic underlying physics and chemistry concepts that form the foundation of plasma science and engineering.

Contents:

7. Transport equations for gas discharges

7.1. Equations for the charged particles

7.2. The drift-diffusion approximation

7.3. Summary

part III. Gas discharges and plasmas. 8. Discharge initiation and plasma formation

8.1. Townsend behavior below the breakdown threshold

8.2. Pressure times distance and reduced electric field scaling

8.3. Breakdown

8.4. Summary

9. The basic discharge structure

9.1. The sheath and the plasma

9.2. The physics of the sheath

9.3. Summary

10. The classical dc discharge

10.1. The basics of electrical circuits

10.2. dc discharge circuit and operation

10.3. Properties of the dc glow discharge

10.4. Summary

11. Whence and whither

11.1. What was learned

11.2. What is next.

1. Introduction

1.1. Overview

1.2. Classification of gas discharges

1.3. Summary

part I. Ionization. 2. Foundations from gas dynamics

2.1. The atom, the molecule, and excited states

2.2. The statistics of a gas

2.3. Kinetics

2.4. Summary

3. Elementary electron behavior

3.1. Electron-driven gaseous reactions

3.2. Electron-neutral collisions and the collision cross-section

3.3. Electron energy distribution

3.4. Electron collision frequency and reaction rates

3.5. Summary

4. Gaseous ionization processes

4.1. Electron-impact ionization

4.2. Ion-impact ionization

4.3. Photoionization

4.4. Thermal ionization

4.5. Step ionization

4.6. Penning ionization

4.7. Electron attachment

4.8. Summary

5. Electrode processes

5.1. Importance of electron emission

5.2. Foundational concepts

5.3. General electron emission

5.4. Secondary emission

5.5. Summary

part II. Ion transport. 6. Foundations from general transport theory

6.1. Basics of transport

6.2. Transport equations

6.3. Summary

Notes:

"Version: 20221201"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

Title from PDF title page (viewed on January 9, 2023).

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9780750339919

9780750339902

OCLC:

1358414176

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.