Air Chemistry Measurements 2

Abstract

This report describes a comprehensive set of measurements of electron, negative-ion, and positive-ion mobilities together with attachment and ionization rate coefficients for dry air and mixtures of dry air with water vapor. These measurements were made for values of E/N (the ratio of electric field to gas density) ranging from about 10 to the -22nd power Vm2 to about 3x10 to the -19th power Vm2. This range of E/N corresponds to values of electric field at atmospheric pressure from about 10 thousand to 10 million V/m and covers values of electron mean energy from near thermal to values well above the onset of impact ionization. Keywords: Air chemistry; Drift tube; Ionization coefficient; Mobility; Swarm parameters.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1985
Accession Number
ADA156041

Entities

People

  • D. K. Davies
  • P. J. Chantry

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Attachment
  • Barometric Pressure
  • Chemistry
  • Coefficients
  • Electric Fields
  • Electron Energy
  • Electron Mobility
  • Electrons
  • Equations
  • Ionization
  • Measurement
  • Mobility
  • Optical Absorption
  • Radiation
  • United States
  • Water Vapor

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics
  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics