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RECORD NUMBER: 73 OF 216Main Title | Fundamental aspects of plasma chemical physics : thermodynamics / | |||||||||||
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Author | Capitelli, M. | |||||||||||
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Publisher | Springer, | |||||||||||
Year Published | 2012 | |||||||||||
OCLC Number | 753303368 | |||||||||||
ISBN | 9781441981813 (hbk. : alk. paper); 1441981810 (hbk. : alk. paper) | |||||||||||
Subjects | Plasma (Ionized gases) ; Thermodynamics | |||||||||||
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Collation | xvii, 308 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm. | |||||||||||
Notes | Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-301) and index. |
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Contents Notes | 1. Classical thermodynamics -- 2. Two and three level systems: toward the understanding of the thermodynamics of multilevel systems -- 3. Statistical thermodynamics -- 4. Atomic partition function -- 5. Molecular partition function: vibrational, rotational and electronic contributions -- 6. Real effects: I. Debye-Hèuckel -- 7. Real effects: II. Virial corrections -- 8. Electronic excitation and thermodynamic properties of thermal plasmas -- 9. Multi-temperature thermodynamics: a multiplicity of Saha equations -- 10. Thermodynamics of planetary plasmas -- A. Spectral terms for atoms and molecules -- B. Tables of partition function of atomspheric species -- C. Constants. |