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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460591803321

Autore

Fridman Alexander A. <1953->

Titolo

Plasma physics and engineering / / by Alexander Fridman and Lawrence A. Kennedy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton, FL : , : CRC Press, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, , 2011

ISBN

0-429-19075-1

1-4398-1229-2

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (912 p.)

Disciplina

530.4/4

Soggetti

Plasma (Ionized gases)

Plasma engineering

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.

Nota di contenuto

Front cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Authors; Part I. Fundamentals of Plasma Physics and Plasma Chemistry; Chapter 1. Plasma in Nature, in the Laboratory, and in Industry; Chapter 2. Elementary Processes of Charged Species in Plasma; Chapter 3. Elementary Processes of Excited Molecules and Atoms in Plasma; Chapter 4. Plasma Statistics and Kinetics of Charged Particles; Chapter 5. Kinetics of Excited Particles in Plasma; Chapter 6. Electrostatics, Electrodynamics, and Fluid Mechanics of Plasma; Part II. Physics and Engineering of Electric Discharges; Chapter 7. Glow Discharge

Chapter 8. Arc DischargesChapter 9. Nonequilibrium Cold Atmospheric Pressure Discharges; Chapter 10. Plasma Created in High-Frequency Electromagnetic Fields: Radio Frequency, Microwave, and Optical Discharges; Chapter 11. Discharges in Aerosols, Dusty Plasmas, and Liquids; Chapter 12. Electron Beam Plasmas; References; Back cover

Sommario/riassunto

Plasma plays an important role in a wide variety of industrial processes, including material processing, environmental control, electronic chip manufacturing, light sources, and green energy, not to mention fuel conversion and hydrogen production, biomedicine, flow control, catalysis, and space propulsion.