ELECTRON DEGRADATION AND THERMALIZATION IN CH4 GAS

被引：20
作者：
KOWARI, K
DEMEIO, L
SHIZGAL, B
机构：
[1] Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
来源：
JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS | 1992年 / 97卷 / 03期
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D O I：
10.1063/1.463144
中图分类号：
O64 [物理化学（理论化学）、化学物理学];
学科分类号：
070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要：
The relaxation to equilibrium of an ensemble of electrons dilutely dispersed in a large excess of CH4 is studied with solutions of the Boltzmann equation. Elastic and vibrationally inelastic collision processes are included in the analysis. The relaxation time for the approach to equilibrium defined for the relaxation of the average electron energy is determined for two different cross section sets. The kinetic theory formalism, based on the Boltzmann equation, is compared with the formalism used in radiation chemistry and physics and based on the Spencer-Fano equation.
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页码：2061 / 2074
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