LEADER 02371nam0 2200301 450 001 000030538 005 20120313143432.0 010 $a978-1-4419-8181-3$dEUR99.95 100 $a20120313d2012----km-y0itaa50------ba 101 0 $aeng 102 $aUS 200 1 $aFundamental aspects of plasma chemical physics$ethermodynamics$fMario Capitelli, Gianpiero Colonna, Antonio D'Angola 210 $aNew York$cSpringer$d2012 215 $aXVII, 308 p.$d25 cm 225 2 $aSpringer Series on atomic, optical, and plasma physics$v66 330 $aThis book describes plasma thermodynamics of one-temperature and multi-temperature ideal and non-ideal equilibrium plasmas, using concepts of classical and statistical thermodynamics. Worked examples are provided throughout, to help clarify fundamentals. 330 $a"Fundamental Aspects of Plasma Chemical Physics: Thermodynamics" develops basic and advanced concepts of plasma thermodynamics from both classical and statistical points of view. After a refreshment of classical thermodynamics applied to the dissociation and ionization regimes, the book invites the reader to discover the role of electronic excitation in affecting the properties of plasmas, a topic often overlooked by the thermal plasma community. Particular attention is devoted to the problem of the divergence of the partition function of atomic species and the state-to-state approach for calculating the partition function of diatomic and polyatomic molecules. The limit of ideal gas approximation is also discussed, by introducing Debye-Huckel and virial corrections. Throughout the book, worked examples are given in order to clarify concepts and mathematical approaches. This book is a first of a series of three books to be published by the authors on fundamental aspects of plasma chemical physics. The next books will discuss transport and kinetics. 410 0$12001$aSpringer series on atomic, optical, and plasma physics$v66 606 1 $aPlasma (gas ionizzati) 606 2 $aTermodinamica 676 $a530.44$v(22. ed.)$9Fisica del plasma 700 1$aCapitelli,$bMario$017349 701 1$aColonna,$bGianpiero$0445779 701 1$aD'Angola,$bAntonio$0445780 801 0$aIT$bUniversità della Basilicata - B.I.A.$gRICA$2unimarc 912 $a000030538 996 $aFundamental aspects of plasma chemical physics$993620 997 $aUNIBAS