CALCULATION OF THE D-C ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY OF EQUILIBRIUM NITROGEN AND ARGON PLASMA WITH AND WITHOUT ALKALI METAL SEED

Abstract

Scalar electrical conductivities were computed for nitrogen and argon plasma in thermal equilibrium. Calculations were made for these gases both unseeded and seeded with cesium, potassium, and NaK in amounts ranging from 0.01 to 10 per cent seed by weight, and cover a range of pressure and temperature from 0.10 to 10,000 atm and from 2000 to 15,000K, respectively. Calculated electrical conductivities are presented in figure form as a function of temperature with seed rate and pressure as parameters. Some effects of applied magnetic fields up to 20,000 gauss on the conductivity of potassium-seeded nitrogen are also given.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1964
Accession Number
AD0602858

Entities

People

  • K. E. Tempelmeyer
  • R. E. Weber

Organizations

  • Arnold Engineering Development Complex

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Alkali Metals
  • Charged Particles
  • Collisions
  • Computations
  • Current Density
  • Electric Fields
  • Electrical Conductivity
  • Electrons
  • Elements
  • Equations
  • Ionized Gases
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Materials
  • Metals
  • Nitrogen
  • Payload
  • Potassium

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Plasma Physics.