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- Provides a clear assessment of fundamental concepts and theoretical formulations while also examining new insights into current scientific explorations
- Clarifies and emphasizes text by presenting worked examples throughout
- Achieves a unified approach to plasma thermodynamics by using classical and statistical concepts
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics (SSAOPP, volume 66)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Fundamental Aspects of Plasma Chemical Physics - Thermodynamics develops basic and advanced concepts of plasma thermodynamics from both classical and statistical points of view.
After a refreshment of classical thermodynamics applied to the dissociation and ionization regimes, the book invites the reader to discover the role of electronic excitation in affecting the properties of plasmas, a topic often overlooked by the thermal plasma community.
Particular attention is devoted to the problem of the divergence of the partition function of atomic species and the state-to-state approach for calculating the partition function of diatomic and polyatomic molecules. The limit of ideal gas approximation is also discussed, by introducing Debye-Huckel and virial corrections.
Throughout the book, worked examples are given in order to clarify concepts and mathematical approaches.
This book is a first of a series of three books to be published by the authors on fundamental aspects of plasma chemical physics. The next books will discuss transport and kinetics.
Authors and Affiliations
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University of Bari, Bari, Italy
Mario Capitelli
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IMIP CNR, Bari, Italy
Gianpiero Colonna
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DIFA, University of Basilicata, Potenza, Italy
Antonio D'Angola
About the authors
Mario Capitelli, University of Bari, mario.capitelli@ba.imip.cnr.it
Gianpiero Colonna, IMIP CNR Bari,
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Fundamental Aspects of Plasma Chemical Physics
Book Subtitle: Thermodynamics
Authors: Mario Capitelli, Gianpiero Colonna, Antonio D'Angola
Series Title: Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8182-0
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-8181-3Published: 24 October 2011
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-3020-9Published: 29 November 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4419-8182-0Published: 02 December 2011
Series ISSN: 1615-5653
Series E-ISSN: 2197-6791
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 310
Topics: Plasma Physics, Physical Chemistry, Thermodynamics, Complex Systems, Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems