Calculation of Recombination and Ionization Coefficients in Argon

✍ Scribed by A. Gleizes

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1982
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 855 KB
• Volume: 22
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0005-8025
• DOI: 10.1002/ctpp.19820220305

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Various methods for calculating electron‐ion recombination and ionization coefficients for argon (α and S) have been developed in the past. For given values of electron temperature and electron density, a large dispersion exists between the different results due to a great number of parameters. We have developed the method based on the collisional‐radiative model to calculate α and S for limited conditions (atmospheric pressure; strong resonance radiation absorption) in order to obtain realistic values applicable in real cases such as arc plasmas. Influences of resonance radiation absorption and atom‐atom collisions have been studied. The collisional‐radiative recombination coefficient has been compared with results obtained by other calculation methods: the best agreement occurs with the “bottleneck” model for high values of electron density and temperature. Finally the comparison with available experimental results shows a good agreement between our computed values and experimental values when experimental and theoretical conditions are analogous.