Cover -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 1-1. Qualitative Description Of The Motion Of Slow Ions In Gases -- 1-2. Parameters E/n And E/p -- 1-3. General Facts About Mobilities And Diffusion Coefficients -- 1-4. Ion-ion Interactions And The Effect Of Space Charge -- 1-5. Importance Of Data On Ionic Mobilities And Diffusion Coefficients -- 1-6. Differences In Behavior Of Ions And Electrons -- 1-7. Spreading Of A Cloud Of Ions By Diffusion Through An Unbounded Gas -- 1-8. Spreading Of An Ion Cloud During Its Drift In An Electric Field -- 1-9. Diffusion Equation -- 1-10 Boundary Conditions -- 1-11. Solution Of The Time-independent Diffusion Equation For Various Geometries -- 1-12. Ambipolar Diffusion -- References -- 2 Measurement Of Drift Velocities And Longitudinal Diffusion Coefficients -- 2-1. General Considerations In Drift-tube Experiments -- 2-2. Basic Aspects Of Drift Velocity Measurements -- 2-3. Determination Of Longitudinal Diffusion Coefficients --^ 2-4. Determination Of Reaction Rate Coefficients From Arrival-time Spectra -- 2-5. Descriptions Of Drift Tubes -- 2-6. Mathematical Analysis Of Ionic Motion In Drift Tubes -- References -- 3 Measurement Of Transverse Diffusion Coefficients -- 3-1. Attenuation Method -- 3-2. Townsend Method -- References -- 4 Stationary Afterglow Techniques -- 4-1. Technique Of Lineberger And Puckett -- 4-2. Technique Of Smith And His Colleagues -- 4-3. Microwave Techniques -- References -- 5 Kinetic Theory Of Mobility And Diffusion -- 5-1. Definitions And General Results -- 5-2. Simple Physical Arguments And Elementary Derivations -- 5-3. Accurate Kinetic Theory: Solution Of The Boltzmann Equation By Moment Methods -- References -- 6 Some Accurate Theoretical Results -- 6-1. One-temperature Theory -- 6-2. Two-temperature Theory -- 6-3. Three-temperature Theory -- 6-4. Generalized Einstein Relations -- 6-5. Resonant Charge And Ion Exchange -- 6-6. Polyatomic Systems -- References --^ 7 Interaction Potentials And Transport Coefficients -- 7-1. Calculation Of Transport Cross Sections From Interaction Potentials -- 7-2. Nature Of Ion-neutral Interactions -- 7-3. Tests Of Potentials -- 7-4. Estimation Of Transport Coefficients From Meager Data -- 7-5. Direct Determination Of Potentials: Inversion Problem -- References -- 8 Special Topics And Applications Of The Theory -- 8-1. Ion Mobility Spectrometry (plasma Chromatography) -- 8-2. Macro-ions (aerosol Particles) -- 8-3. Runaway Ions -- 8-4. Relaxation In Drift Tubes -- 8-5. Ion Cyclotron Resonance -- 8-6. Ion-molecule Reactions -- 8-7. Electron Transport -- 8-8. Thermalization Of Hot Atoms And Electrons -- 8-9. Final Remarks -- References -- Appendix I -- Appendix Ii -- References -- Appendix Iii -- References -- Author Index -- Subject Index --tidt. Edward A. Mason, Earl W. Mcdaniel. A Wiley-interscience Publication. Includes Bibliographical References.