Ionization and Ion Transport: A Primer for the Study of Gas Discharges and Plasmas

Gas discharges and non-equilibrium low-temperature plasmas form the basis for most plasma technologies. This book introduces engineering and science students to the basic underlying physics and chemistry concepts that form the foundation of plasma science and engineering. It is an accessible primer directed primarily at those students who are unaware what a plasma or gas discharge is, nor have fundamental backgrounds in statistical thermodynamics, gas dynamics, fluid dynamics, or solid-state physics to effectively understand many plasma and gas discharge principles.

The second edition covers additional topics such as gas breakdown leading to plasma initiation and the formation of sheaths, and discusses these within the context of a basic description of the most common plasma type, a dc glow discharge.

This text is suitable for upper level undergraduate students, graduate students, and young researchers in physics, chemistry, chemical engineering, electrical engineering, and mechanical engineering with interest in plasma science and engineering.

Key Features:

• Useful for students learning about the foundations of plasma science and engineering without any prior plasma experience or knowledge.

• Written in an accessible and easy to read style.

• Organized around fundamental concepts, rather than starting with plasma-specific concepts.

• Written by a leading expert in the field of plasma science.

氣體放電和非平衡低溫等離子體是大多數等離子體技術的基礎。本書介紹了工程和科學學生所需的基本物理和化學概念，這些概念構成了等離子體科學和工程的基礎。這本書主要針對那些對等離子體或氣體放電一無所知，且在統計熱力學、氣體動力學、流體動力學或固態物理方面沒有基礎知識的學生，提供了一個易於理解的入門指南，以有效理解許多等離子體和氣體放電原理。

第二版涵蓋了其他主題，如氣體擊穿導致等離子體啟動和鞘層的形成，並在基本描述最常見的等離子體類型——直流光暈放電的背景下進行討論。

本書適合高年級本科生、研究生和對等離子體科學和工程感興趣的物理、化學、化學工程、電氣工程和機械工程的年輕研究人員。

主要特點：
- 適合沒有任何等離子體經驗或知識的學生學習等離子體科學和工程基礎知識。
- 以易於閱讀的方式撰寫。
- 以基本概念為組織架構，而不是從等離子體特定概念開始。
- 由等離子體科學領域的領先專家撰寫。