Consider the eel [[electronic resource] /] / Richard Schweid

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910458895003321
• Autore: Schweid Richard <1946->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chapel Hill, N.C., : University of North Carolina Press, 2002
• ISBN: 0-8078-9926-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (196 p.)
• Disciplina: 597/.432
• Soggetti: Anguillidae; Eel fisheries - North America; Eel fisheries - Europe; Eel fisheries; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-170) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Preface; 1 Pamlico County, North Carolina; 2 Interstate 95; 3 Guipúzcoa, Basque Country, Spain; 4 Lough Neagh, Northern Ireland; 5 Yankee Eels; 6 Fishing and Farming; A Taste of Eel; Bibliography; Acknowledgments; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Journalist Richard Schweid first learned the strange facts of the freshwater eel's life from a fisherman in a small Spanish town just south of Valencia. ""The eeler who explained the animal's life cycle to me did so as he served up an eel he had just taken from a trap, killed, cleaned, and cooked in olive oil in an earthenware dish,"" writes Schweid. ""I ate it with a chunk of fresh, crusty bread. It was delicious. I was immediately fascinated."" As this engaging culinary and natural history reveals, the humble eel is indeed an amazing creature. Every European and American eel begins i

Introduction to plasma technology [[electronic resource] ] : science, engineering and applications / / John Harry

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910139422103321
• Autore: Harry John
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Weinheim, Germany, : Wiley-VCH, 2010
• ISBN: 3-527-64370-2; 1-283-30238-1; 9786613302380; 3-527-63217-4; 3-527-63216-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (234 p.)
• Disciplina: 530.44; 660.044
• Soggetti: Plasma engineering; Plasma chemistry; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction to Plasma Technology: Science, Engineering and Applications; Contents; Preface; Symbols, Constants and Electronic Symbols; 1 Plasma, an Overview; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Plasma; 1.2.1 Space Plasmas; 1.2.2 Kinetic Plasmas; 1.2.3 Technological Plasmas; 1.3 Classical Models; 1.3.1 Simple Ballistic and Statistical Models; 1.3.2 Statistical Behaviour; 1.3.3 Collisions Between Particles; 1.3.4 Coulomb Forces; 1.3.5 Boundaries and Sheaths; 1.3.6 Degree of Ionization; 1.4 Plasma Resonance; 1.5 The Defining Characteristics of a Plasma; References; Further Reading; 2 Elastic and Inelastic Collision Processes in Weakly Ionized Gases2.1 Introduction; 2.2 The Drift Velocity; 2.2.1 Electrical Conductivity; 2.2.2 Mobility; 2.2.3 Thermal Velocity; 2.2.4 Collision Frequency; 2.2.5 Collision Cross-section; 2.3 Inelastic Collision Processes; 2.3.1 Excitation; 2.3.1.1 Metastable Processes; 2.3.2 Ionization and Recombination Processes; 2.3.2.1 Charge Transfer; 2.3.2.2 Dissociation; 2.3.2.3 Negative Ionization; 2.3.2.4 Recombination; ; 2.3.2.5 Metastable Ionization; References; 3 The Interaction of Electromagnetic Fields with Plasmas; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 The Behaviour of Plasmas at DC and Low Frequencies in the Near Field3.2.1 Charged Particles in Electromagnetic Fields; 3.2.1.1 Behaviour of a Charged Particle in an Oscillating Electric Field; 3.2.1.2 Plasma Frequency; 3.2.1.3 The Debye Radius; 3.3 Behaviour of Charged Particles in Magnetic Fields (Magnetized Plasmas); 3.4 Initiation of an Electrical Discharge or Plasma; 3.5 Similarity Conditions; References; Further Reading; 4 Coupling Processes; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Direct Coupling; 4.2.1 The Cathode; 4.2.1.1 Emission Processes; 4.2.2 The Cathode Fall Region; 4.2.3 The Anode; 4.2.4 The Discharge Column4.2.5 Interaction of Magnetic Fields with a Discharge or Plasma; 4.3 Indirect Coupling; 4.3.1 Induction Coupling; 4.3.2 Capacitive Coupling; 4.3.3 Propagation of an Electromagnetic Wave; 4.3.4 The Helical Resonator; 4.3.5 Microwave Waveguides; 4.3.6 Electron Cyclotron Resonance; 4.3.7 The Helicon Plasma Source; References; Further Reading; 5 Applications of Nonequilibrium Cold Low-pressure Discharges and Plasmas; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Plasma Processes Used in Electronics Fabrication; 5.2.1 The Glow Discharge Diode; 5.2.2 The Magnetron; 5.2.3 Inductively Coupled Plasmas5.2.4 Electron Cyclotron Resonance Reactor; 5.2.5 The Helical Reactor; 5.2.6 The Helicon Reactor; 5.3 Low-pressure Electric Discharge and Plasma Lamps; 5.3.1 The Low-pressure Mercury Vapour Lamp; 5.3.2 Cold Cathode Low-pressure Lamps; 5.3.3 Electrodeless Low-pressure Discharge Lamps; 5.4 Gas Lasers; 5.5 Free Electron and Ion Beams; 5.5.1 Electron and Ion Beam Evaporation; 5.5.2 Ion Beam Processes; 5.5.3 High-power Electron Beams; 5.6 Glow Discharge Surface Treatment; 5.7 Propulsion in Space; References; Further Reading; 6 Nonequilibrium Atmospheric Pressure Discharges and Plasmas
• Sommario/riassunto: Written by a university lecturer with more than forty years experience in plasma technology, this book adopts a didactic approach in its coverage of the theory, engineering and applications of technological plasmas. The theory is developed in a unified way to enable brevity and clarity, providing readers with the necessary background to assess the factors that affect the behavior of plasmas under different operating conditions. The major part of the book is devoted to the applications of plasma technology and their accompanying engineering aspects, classified by the various pressure and de