https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2011-20424-5
Regular Article
Thermodynamic properties of high temperature air in local thermodynamic equilibrium: II accurate analytical expression for electron molar fractions
1
Dipartimento di Ingegneria e Fisica dell’Ambiente, Università
della Basilicata, via dell’Ateneo
Lucano, 10-85100
Potenza,
Italy
2
CNR-IMIP Bari, via Amendola
122/ D-70126
Bari,
Italy
3
Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Bari,
via Orabona, 4- 70126
Bari,
Italy
a e-mail: antonio.dangola@unibas.it
Received:
19
July
2011
Received in final form:
15
September
2011
Published online:
25
November
2011
An extremely accurate analytical expression for electron molar fractions in LTE air plasma in the temperature range 50–20 000 K and in the pressure range 10-3 ÷ 103 bar is reported. Results have been obtained by using self-consistent cutoff and inserting Debye-Hückel corrections.
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