Eur. Phys. J. D 57, 227-234 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2010-00036-5

Transport coefficients in thermal plasma. Applications to Mars and Titan atmospheres^*

¹ LAEPT, Blaise Pascal University, Auvergne University, Clermont University, 24 avenue des Landais, 63177 Aubière Cedex, France
² SPCTS, Limoges University, CNRS, 123 avenue Albert Thomas, 87060 Limoges, Cedex, France
³ IMT, Paul Sabatier Toulouse University, CNRS, 118 route de Narbonne, 31062 Toulouse Cedex 09, France
⁴ IJLRA, Pierre et Marie Curie University, 4 place Jussieu, Tour 55-65, 75252 Paris Cedex 05, France
⁵ ICARE, Orléans University, CNRS, 1C avenue de la Recherche Scientifique, 45071 Orléans Cedex 02, France
⁶ LM, Blaise Pascal University, CNRS, Clermont University, 24 avenue des Landais, 63177 Aubière Cedex, France

Corresponding author: pascal.andre@univ-bpclermont.fr

Received: 9 October 2009
Revised: 24 December 2009
Published online: 16 February 2010

Abstract

This work is a contribution to the calculation of transport coefficients for nitrogen, hydrogen, Mars and Titan atmospheres plasmas. The calculation which assumes local thermodynamic equilibrium is performed using Lennard-Jones potential and simple combining rules for the potential parameters for neutral-neutral interaction. A discussion is made for the other interactions: neutral-charged, charged-charged and electron-neutral. The results are compared with those of published theoretical studies for a temperature up to 30 000 K.