THE CALCULATION OF CHEMICAL AND IONIZATION EQUILIBRIUM IN A CONVENTIONAL SHOCK TUBE.

Abstract

The equations describing a plasma in local thermodynamic equilibrium are presented and applied to a conventional shock tube. If conditions of localx thermodynamic equilibrium exist, these equations give the number densities of the atoms, molecules, ions and electrons that make up the plasma. For practical results an effective iteration scheme is presented for the computer solution of such equations. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0635761

Entities

People

  • John C. Rich

Organizations

  • Harvard College Observatory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Arrhenius Equation
  • Chemical Reaction Properties
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Computers
  • Electrons
  • Equations
  • Ionization
  • Iterations
  • Mathematics
  • Molecules
  • Shock Tubes
  • Tubes

Fields of Study

  • Chemistry

Readers

  • Finite Element Method (FEM) for solving Partial Differential Equations (PDEs)
  • Plasma Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics