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Abstract

Thermodynamic (TD) and transport properties of plasmas are a prerequisite for any plasma modeling work. They are also an indispensable tool for the fundamental understanding of the basic phenomena involved and the optimization of the process operating conditions. Compared to calculations for ordinary gases, plasmas impose additional difficulties due to the large numbers of chemical species at elevated temperatures (including charged particles) and the chemical reactions taking place in plasmas. As shown in Part I, Chapter 6, Thermodynamic Properties of Plasmas, and Chapter 7, Transport Properties of Gases Under Plasma Conditions, the calculation of plasma properties can be a formidable task, especially as far as transport and radiation properties are conceded. Collision cross sections required for those calculations suffer from relatively large uncertainties associated with the assumptions which have to be introduced for the interaction potentials. Experimental data, on the other hand, are only available for a limited number of collision processes. Data presented in Chapter 31, Thermodynamic and Transport properties of Gases over the Temperature Range 300 – 30,000 K. and Chapter 32 Radiation Properties of Gases over the Temperature Range 300 – 30,000 K are based on experimental and computed results from the most reliable sources available in the open literature.

Emil Pfender: deceased.

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Abbreviations

c p :

Specific heat at constant pressure (J/kg.K)

e :

Electron charge (C)

h :

Enthalpy (J/kg, or kJ/kg)

k :

Boltzmann’s constant (1.38 × 10−23 J/K)

m i :

Number of moles of constituent i in the mixture (mole)

M i :

Atomic or molecular weight of constituent i (amu)

n :

Total number of constituents in the mixture

p i :

Partial pressure of component, i in the mixture (Pa)

p :

Total pressure (Pa)

x i :

Mass fraction of constituent, i in the mixture (−)

y i :

Mole fraction, or volume fraction, of constituent, i in the mixture (−)

w i :

Mass of constituent i in the mixture (kg)

ε 0 :

Dielectric constant of vacuum (F/m)

κ :

Thermal conductivity (W/m.K)

μ :

Molecular viscosity (kg/m.s)

ρ :

Density, specific mass (kg/m3)

σ :

Electrical conductivity (S/m, or A/V.m)

Ωij:

Collision integral for particles of species i and j (m2)

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Acknowledgments

The authors are particularly indebted to Mr. G. Delluc, Ms. M.F. Elchinger, and Dr. B. Pateyron of the Université de Limoges who performed the calculations of the following tables. Thanks are also due to Dr. Z. Njah of the Université de Sherbrooke and to Prof. J. Heberlein and Mr. P.C. Huang of the University of Minnesota who have made many helpful suggestions and provided comparisons of these data with those derived at the University of Minnesota over the past 15 years, and a compilation of a large number of experimental and theoretical literature data carried out by Dr. J. Lesinski at the Université de Sherbrooke. Particular thanks are also due to Dr. Siwen Xu, of Tekna Plasma Systems Inc., Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada, for his devoted efforts in the updating of this database and the preparation of the graphs and tabulated data files presented in Sects. 4, 5, and 6.

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  1. Département de Génie Chimique et de Génie Biotechnologique, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada

    Maher I. Boulos

  2. LAPLACE, Université de Toulouse (UPS), Toulouse, France

    Yann Cressault

  3. Sciences des Procédés Céramiques et de Traitements de Surface (SPCTS), Université de Limoges, Limoges, France

    Pierre L. Fauchais

  4. CSIRO Manufacturing, Lindfield, NSW, Australia

    Anthony B. Murphy

  5. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA

    Emil Pfender

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Boulos, M.I., Cressault, Y., Fauchais, P.L., Murphy, A.B., Pfender, E. (2021). Thermodynamic and Transport Properties of Gases over the Temperature Range 300–30,000 K. In: Handbook of Thermal Plasmas. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12183-3_43-1

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