Computation and analysis of the electron transport properties for nitrogen and air inductively-coupled plasmas

• Published in: Journal of the Korean Physical Society Vol. 66; no. 12; pp. 1833 - 1840
• Main Authors: Yu, Minghao, Kihara, Hisashi, Abe, Ken-ichi, Takahashi, Yusuke
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Seoul The Korean Physical Society 01.06.2015; 한국물리학회
• Subjects: Mathematical and Computational Physics; Particle and Nuclear Physics; Physics; Physics and Astronomy; Theoretical; 물리학; Inductively-coupled plasma; Air; Nitrogen; Electron transport properties
• ISSN: 0374-4884; 1976-8524
• DOI: 10.3938/jkps.66.1833

A relatively simple method for calculating accurately the third-order electron transport properties of nitrogen and air thermal plasmas is presented. The electron transport properties, such as the electrical conductivity and the electron thermal conductivity, were computed with the best and latest available collision cross-section data in the temperature and pressure ranges of T = 300 - 15000 K and p = 0.01 - 1.0 atm, respectively. The results obtained under the atmospheric pressure condition showed good agreements with the experimental and the high-accuracy theoretical results. The presently-introduced method has good application potential in numerical simulations of nitrogen and air inductively-coupled plasmas.