Plasma Chemistry

ISBN-13: 9780521847353 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 1022 str.

Alexander Fridman

Opis

This unique book provides a fundamental introduction to all aspects of modern plasma chemistry. The book describes mechanisms and kinetics of chemical processes in plasma, plasma statistics, thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, and electrodynamics, as well as all major electric discharges applied in plasma chemistry. The book considers most of the major applications of plasma chemistry from electronics to thermal coatings, from treatment of polymers to fuel conversion and hydrogen production, and from plasma metallurgy to plasma medicine. The book can be helpful to engineers, scientists, and students interested in plasma physics, plasma chemistry, plasma engineering, and combustion, as well as in chemical physics, lasers, energy systems, and environmental control. The book contains an extensive database on plasma kinetics and thermodynamics as well as a lot of convenient numerical formulas for practical calculations related to specific plasma-chemical processes and applications. The book contains a large number of problems and concept questions that are helpful in university courses related to plasma, lasers, combustion, chemical kinetics, statistics and thermodynamics, and high-temperature and high-energy fluid mechanics.

Spis treści

Prologue; Preface; 1. Introduction to theoretical and applied plasma chemistry; 2. Elementary plasma-chemical reactions; 3. Plasma-chemical kinetics, thermodynamics and electrodynamics; 4. Electric discharges in plasma chemistry; 5. Inorganic gas phase plasma decomposition process; 6. Gas-phase inorganic synthesis in plasma; 7. Plasma synthesis, treatment and processing of inorganic materials, plasma metallurgy; 8. Plasma-surface processing of inorganic materials, micro- and nanotechnologies; 9. Organic and polymer plasma chemistry; 10. Plasma-chemical fuel conversion and hydrogen production; 11. Plasma chemistry in energy systems and environmental control; 12. Plasma biology and plasma medicine.