A statistical mechanical view of the determination of the composition of multi-temperature plasmas

Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 435-446

  Andre, P ^a   Aubreton, J ^b   Elchinger, M F ^b   Rat, V ^b   Fauchais, P ^b   Lefort, A ^a   Murphy, A B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMOGES   (France)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Calculations; Composition; Multi temperature plasmas; Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; COMPOSITION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ENTROPY; OPTIMIZATION; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; THERMODYNAMICS;

BOLTZMANN EQUATION; ENTROPY MAXIMIZATION; H-THEOREM; MULTI-TEMPERATURE PLASMAS;

PLASMAS;

EID: 12344323356     PISSN: 02724324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11090-004-2278-9     Document Type: Review

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