Article
Plasma Investigations
2004. V. 42. № 4. P. 506–515
Atrazhev V.M., Dmitrenko V.V., Chernysheva I.V.
The transport properties of hot electrons in a xenon/methane mixture
Annotation
The results are given of numerical solution of the Boltzmann equation in a binomial approximation in view of elastic and inelastic electron collisions in Xe+CH4 mixtures and in pure methane. The electron energy distribution functions obtained are used to calculate the electron transport coefficients for E/N values of up to several Townsends, i.e., the drift velocity, mobility, average and characteristic energies, diffusion coefficient. The results of calculation for pure methane fit the available experimental data. A similarity rule is found for the electron transport coefficients in a Xe+CH4 mixture with different concentrations of methane molecules, which enables one to determine the values of transport coefficients in a mixture with a minor (less than 30 percents) methane content.
Article reference:
Atrazhev V.M., Dmitrenko V.V., Chernysheva I.V. The transport properties of hot electrons in a xenon/methane mixture, High Temp., 2004. V. 42. № 4. P. 506
Atrazhev V.M., Dmitrenko V.V., Chernysheva I.V. The transport properties of hot electrons in a xenon/methane mixture, High Temp., 2004. V. 42. № 4. P. 506