A hierarchical approach for fast and accurate equilibrium calculation

Computer Physics Communications

Volumn 163, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 177-190

  Colonna, G ^a   D'Angola, A ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chemical equilibrium; Homogeneous gas phase equilibrium; Method of calculation; Plasma composition; Stoichiometric algorithm

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PLASMAS;

CHEMICAL EQUILIBRIUM; HOMOGENEOUS GAS PHASE EQUILIBRIUM; METHOD OF CALCULATION; PLASMA COMPOSITION; STOICHIOMETRIC ALGORITHMS;

STOICHIOMETRY;

EID: 7544219526     PISSN: 00104655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpc.2004.08.004     Document Type: Article

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