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Taylor & Francis Ltd Plasma Physics & Engineering 2Nd Edition 2011 by Alexander Fridman, Lawrence A. Kennedy
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. Following the general outline of the bestselling first edition, Plasma Physics and Engineering, Second Edition provides a clear fundamental introduction to all aspects of the modern field. Reflecting recent scientific and technological developments, this resource will be useful to engineers, scientists, and students working with the physics, engineering, chemistry, and combustion of plasma, as well as chemical physics, lasers, electronics, new methods of material treatment, fuel conversion, and environmental control.The book includes many enhancements and some totally new coverage of fundamental subjects such as:Interaction and dynamics of streamersPlasma-flow interactionHigh-speed plasma aerodynamicsPlasma-surface interactionMechanisms and kinetics of plasma-medical processesAlong with these new topics and deeper coverage of material from the first book, this edition presents two new chapters on microdischarges and discharges in liquids. It also contains an extensive database on plasma kinetics and thermodynamics, many helpful numerical formulas for practical calculations, and an array of problems and concept questions. PowerPoint (TM) slides and a solutions manual are available for qualifying instructors who adopt this book for their courses. Part I: Fundamentals of Plasma Physics and Plasma ChemistryPlasma in Nature, in the Laboratory, and in IndustryOccurrence of Plasma: Natural and Man MadeGas DischargesPlasma Applications, Plasmas in IndustryPlasma Applications for Environmental ControlPlasma Applications in Energy ConversionPlasma Application for Material ProcessingBreakthrough Plasma Applications in Modern TechnologyElementary Processes of Charged Species in PlasmaElementary Charged Particles in Plasma and Their Elastic and Inelastic CollisionsIonization ProcessesMechanisms of Electron Losses: The Electron-Ion RecombinationElectron Losses Due to Formation of Negative Ions: Electron Attachment and Detachment ProcessesIon-Ion Recombination ProcessesThe Ion-Molecular ReactionsElementary Processes of Excited Molecules and Atoms in PlasmaElectronically Excited Atoms and Molecules in PlasmaVibrationally and Rotationally Excited MoleculesElementary Processes of Vibrational, Rotational, and Electronic Excitation of Molecules in PlasmaVibration (VT) Relaxation, Landau-Teller FormulaVibrational Energy Transfer between Molecules, VV-Relaxation ProcessesProcesses of Rotational and Electronic Relaxation of Excited MoleculesElementary Chemical Reactions of Excited Molecules: Fridman-Macheret -ModelPlasma Statistics and Kinetics of Charged ParticlesStatistics and Thermodynamics of Equilibrium and Nonequilibrium Plasmas, The Boltzmann, Saha, and Treanor DistributionsThe Boltzmann and Fokker-Planck Kinetic Equations: Electron Energy Distribution FunctionsElectric and Thermal Conductivity in Plasma: Diffusion of Charged ParticlesBreakdown Phenomena: The Townsend and Spark Mechanisms, Avalanches, Streamers and LeadersSteady-State Regimes of Nonequilibrium Electric DischargesKinetics of Excited Particles in PlasmaVibrational Distribution Functions in Nonequilibrium Plasma: The Fokker-Planck Kinetic EquationNonequilibrium Vibrational Kinetics: eV-Processes, Polyatomic Molecules, Non-Steady-State RegimesMacrokinetics of Chemical Reactions and Relaxation of Vibrationally Excited MoleculesVibrational Kinetics in Gas Mixtures, Isotropic Effect in Plasma ChemistryKinetics of Electronically and Rotationally Excited States, Nonequilibrium Translational Distributions, Relaxation and Reactions of "Hot Atoms" in PlasmaEnergy Efficiency, Energy Balance, and Macrokinetics of Plasma-Chemical ProcessesEnergy Efficiency of Quasi-Equilibrium Plasma-Chemical Systems: Absolute, Ideal, and Super-Ideal QuenchingSurface Reactions of Plasma-Excited Molecules in Chemistry, Metallurgy, and Bio-MedicineElectrostatics, Electrodynamics, and Fluid Mechanics of PlasmaElectrostatic Plasma Phenomena: Debye-Radius and Sheaths, Plasma Oscillations and Plasma FrequencyMagneto-Hydrodynamics of PlasmaInstabilities of Low Temperature PlasmaNonthermal Plasma Fluid Mechanics in Fast Subsonic and Supersonic FlowsElectrostatic, Magneto-Hydrodynamic and Acoustic Waves in PlasmaPropagation of Electro-Magnetic Waves in PlasmaEmission and Absorption of Radiation in Plasma, Continuous SpectrumSpectral Line Radiation in PlasmaNonlinear Phenomena in PlasmaPart II: Physics and Engineering of Electric DischargesGlow Discharge Structure and Physical Parameters of Glow Discharge Plasma, Current-Voltage Characteristics: Comparison of Glow and Dark DischargesCathode and Anode Layers of a Glow DischargePositive Column of Glow DischargeGlow Discharge InstabilitiesDifferent Specific Glow Discharge Plasma SourcesArc DischargesPhysical Features, Types, Parameters, and Current-VoltageCharacteristics of Arc DischargesMechanisms of Electron Emission from CathodeCathode and Anode Layers in Arc DischargesPositive Column of Arc DischargesDifferent Configurations of Arc DischargesGliding Arc DischargeNonequilibrium Cold Atmospheric Pressure DischargesContinuous Corona DischargeThe Pulsed Corona DischargeDielectric-Barrier DischargeSpark DischargesAtmospheric Pressure Glow DischargesMicrodishargesPlasma Created in High Frequency Electromagnetic Fields: Radio-Frequency, Microwave, and Optical DischargesRadio Fequency Discharges at High Pressures, Inductively Coupled Thermal RF DischargesThermal Plasma Generation in Microwave and Optical DischargesNonequilibrium RF Discharges, General Features of Nonthermal CCP DischargesNonthermal CCP Discharges of Moderate PressureLow Pressure CCP RF DischargesAsymmetric, Magnetron and Other Special Forms of Low Pressure Capacitive RF DischargesNonthermal ICP DischargesNonthermal Low-Pressure Microwave and Other Wave-Heated DischargesNonequilibrium Microwave Discharges of Moderate PressureDischarges in Aerosols, Dusty Plasmas, and LiquidsPhotoionization of AerosolsThermal Ionization of AerosolsElectric Breakdown of AerosolsSteady-State DC Electric Discharge in Heterogeneous MediumDusty Plasma Formation: Evolution of Nanoparticles in PlasmaCritical Phenomena in Dusty Plasma KineticsNonequilibrium Clusterization in Centrifugal FieldDusty Plasma Structures: Phase Transitions, Coulomb Crystals, Special OscillationsDischarges in LiquidsElectron Beam PlasmasGeneration and Properties of Electron Beam PlasmasKinetics of Degradation Processes, Degradation SpectrumPlasma-Beam DischargeNonequilibrium High-Pressure Discharges Sustained by High-Energy Electron BeamsPlasma in Tracks of Nuclear Fission Fragments, Plasma RadiolysisDusty Plasma Generation by a Relativistic Electron Beam