Fundamental Aspects of Plasma Chemical Physics Thermodynamics /

• Main Authors: Capitelli, Mario (Author), Colonna, Gianpiero (Author), D'Angola, Antonio (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Series: Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics, 66
• Subjects: Physics.; Physical chemistry.; Thermodynamics.; Plasma (Ionized gases).; Statistical physics.; Dynamical systems.; Plasma Physics.; Physical Chemistry.; Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity.

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 r...

Table of Contents:

• Classical Thermodynamics
• Two and Three Level Systems
• Statistical Thermodynamics
• Atomic Partition Function
• Molecular Partition Function
• Real Effects: I. Debye-Hückel
• Real Effects: II. Virial Corrections
• Electronic Excitation
• Multi-Temperature Thermodynamics
• Thermodynamics of Planetary Plasmas
• Appendix.