Plasma Chemistry

Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-1-107-68493-5
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 1022 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 1877 g

Providing a fundamental introduction to all aspects of modern plasma chemistry, this book describes mechanisms and kinetics of chemical processes in plasma, plasma statistics, thermodynamics, fluid mechanics and electrodynamics, as well as all major electric discharges applied in plasma chemistry. Fridman considers most of the major applications of plasma chemistry, from electronics to thermal coatings, from treatment of polymers to fuel conversion and hydrogen production and from plasma metallurgy to plasma medicine. It is helpful to engineers, scientists and students interested in plasma physics, plasma chemistry, plasma engineering and combustion, as well as chemical physics, lasers, energy systems and environmental control. The book contains an extensive database on plasma kinetics and thermodynamics and numerical formulas for practical calculations related to specific plasma-chemical processes and applications. Problems and concept questions are provided, helpful in courses related to plasma, lasers, combustion, chemical kinetics, statistics and thermodynamics, and high-temperature and high-energy fluid mechanics.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fridman, Alexander

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Chemie Physikalische Chemie
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik Chemische Physik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Thermodynamik Plasmaphysik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Prologue
Preface
1. Introduction to theoretical and applied plasma chemistry
2. Elementary plasma-chemical reactions
3. Plasma-chemical kinetics, thermodynamics and electrodynamics
4. Electric discharges in plasma chemistry
5. Inorganic gas phase plasma decomposition process
6. Gas-phase inorganic synthesis in plasma
7. Plasma synthesis, treatment and processing of inorganic materials, plasma metallurgy
8. Plasma-surface processing of inorganic materials, micro- and nanotechnologies
9. Organic and polymer plasma chemistry
10. Plasma-chemical fuel conversion and hydrogen production
11. Plasma chemistry in energy systems and environmental control
12. Plasma biology and plasma medicine.

Über Autor(innen)

Fridman, Alexander
Alexander Fridman is Nyheim Chair Professor of Drexel University and Director of Drexel Plasma Institute. His research focuses on plasma approaches to material treatment, fuel conversion, hydrogen production, biology, medicine and environmental control. Professor Fridman has over 35 years' experience of plasma research in national laboratories and at universities in Russia, France and the United States. He has published six books and 450 papers, has been chairman of several international plasma conferences and has received numerous awards, including the Stanley Kaplan Distinguished Professorship in Chemical Kinetics and Energy Systems, the George Soros Distinguished Professorship in Physics, and the State Prize of the USSR for the discovery of selective stimulation of chemical processes in non-thermal plasma.