Gaseous electronics : theory and practice /: theory and practice. (2006)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Gorur Govinda Raju.
• Other Names: Raju, Gorur G, 1937-
• Contents: Collision Fundamentals ; Coordinate Systems; Meaning of Velocity Space; Maxwell’s Distribution Function; Mean Free Path; Particle Collisions; Potential Functions for Particle Interactions; Quantum Mechanical Approach to Scattering; References; Experimental Methods ; Total Collision Cross Sections; Differential Cross Sections; Ionization Cross Section; Total Excitation Cross Section; Attachment Cross Section; Concluding Remarks; References; Data on Cross Sections—I. Rare Gases ; Argon; Helium; Krypton; Neon; Xenon; Concluding Remarks; References; Data on Cross Sections—II. Diatomic Gases ; Carbon Monoxide (CO); Molecular Hydrogen (H2 ); Molecular Nitrogen; Molecular Oxygen (O2 ); Nitric Oxide (NO); Closing Remarks; References; Data on Cross Sections—III. Industrial Gases ; Carbon Dioxide (CO2 ); Hydrocarbon Gases Cx Hy ; Mercury Vapor; Nitrous Oxide (N2 O); Ozone (O3 ); Silane (SiH4 ); Sulfur Hexafluoride (SF6 ); Water Vapor (H2 O); Plasma Processing Gases; Other Gases; Concluding Remarks; References; Drift and Diffusion of Electrons—I ; Definitions; Drift and Diffusion Measurement; Electron Energy Distribution; Approximate Methods; Data on Drift and Diffusion; References; Drift and Diffusion of Electrons—II: Complex Molecules ; Current Pulse due to Avalanche; Arrival Time Spectrum Method; Hydrocarbon Gases; Nitrogen Compounds; Plasma Industrial Gases; Sulfur Hexafluoride (SF6 ); Water Vapor (H2 O and D2 O); Miscellaneous Gases; Concluding Remarks; References; Ionization Coefficients—I: Non-Electron-Attaching Gases ; Discharge Development; Current Growth in Uniform Fields; Functional dependence of α/N on E/N; Space Charge Effects; Breakdown in Uniform Fields; Multiplication in Non-Uniform Fields; Recombination; Data on Ionization Coefficients; Molecular Gases (Non-Attaching); Other Gases (Non-Attaching); References; Ionization and Attachment Coefficients—II: Electron-Attaching Gases ; Attachment Processes; Current Growth in Attaching Gases; Ionization and Attachment Coefficients; Concluding Remarks; References; High Voltage Phenomena ; Types of Voltage; High Direct Voltage Generation; High Alternating Voltage Generation; High Impulse Voltage Generation; Ionization in Alternating Fields; Sparking Voltages; References; Ionization in E x B Fields ; List of Symbols; Brief Historical Note ; Electron Motion in Vacuum in E x B Fields; Effective Reduced Electric Field (EREF); Experimental Setup; Ionization Coefficients; Experimental Data; Secondary Ionization Coefficient; Sparking Potentials; Time Lags in E x B Crossed Fields; Computational Methods; Effective Collision Frequency; Concluding Remarks; References; High Frequency Discharges ; Basic Plasma Phenomena; Debye Length; Bohm Sheath Model; Plasma Frequency; Plasma Conductivity; Ambipolar Diffusion; RF Plasma; Power Absorbed; Microwave Breakdown; Laser Breakdown; Concluding Remark; References; Appendices ; Index
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : Taylor & Francis
• Publication Date: 2006
• Extent: 1 online resource (680 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 537.5/32; Electric discharges through gases -- Textbooks; Ionization of gases -- Textbooks; Gas dynamics -- Textbooks; Electric discharges through gases; Ionization of gases; Gas dynamics; SCIENCE -- Physics -- Electromagnetism; SCIENCE -- Physics -- Electricity; Electric discharges through gases; Gas dynamics; Ionization of gases; Electronic books; Textbooks
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780849337635; 0849337631; 0203025261; 9780203025260; 1280348259; 9781280348259
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.