Plasma Physics and Engineering

ISBN-13: 9781498772211 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 724 str.

Alexander Fridman; Lawrence A. Kennedy

Opis

Plasma Physics and Engineering presents basic and applied knowledge on modern plasma physics, plasma chemistry and plasma engineering for senior undergraduate and graduate students as well as for scientists and engineers, working in academia, research labs and industry with plasmas, laser and combustion systems.

Spis treści

PART 1. FUNDAMENTALS OF PLASMA PHYSICS AND ENGINEERING. CHAPTER 1. Plasma in Nature, in Laboratory, and in Industry. CHAPTER 2. Elementary Processes of Charged Species in Plasma. CHAPTER 3. Elementary Processes of Excited Molecules and Atoms in Plasma. CHAPTER 4. Plasma Statistics and Kinetics of Charged Particles. CHAPTER 5. Kinetics of Excited and Active Neutral Particles in Plasma. CHAPTER 6. Electrostatics, Electrodynamics and Fluid Mechanics of Plasma. PART 2. PHYSICS AND ENGINEERING OF ELECTRIC DISCHARGES. CHAPTER 7. Glow Discharge. CHAPTER 8. Arc Discharges. CHAPTER 9. Non-Equilibrium Cold Atmospheric Pressure Plasmas. CHAPTER 10. Plasma Created In High Frequency Electromagnetic Fields: Radio-Frequency (RF), Microwave and Optical Discharges. CHAPTER 11. Discharges in Aerosols, Dusty Plasmas. CHAPTER 12. Electron Beam Plasmas. CHAPTER 13. Microdischarges (new chapter). CHAPTER 14. Discharges in Liquids. (new chapter). CHAPTER 15. Discharges of Plasma in Medicine. (new chapter).