'LTE-diffusion approximation' for arc calculations

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 16, 2006, Pages 3634-3643

  Lowke, J J ^a   Tanaka, M ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DIFFUSION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRODES; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING; THERMODYNAMICS;

DIFFUSION APPROXIMATION; ELECTRODE TEMPERATURES; LOCAL THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM (LTE); RADIAL PROFILES;

ELECTRIC ARCS;

EID: 33746894202     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/39/16/017     Document Type: Article

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