Thermodynamic & Optical Properties of Plasma of Metals & Dielectrics

Development of new plasma systems and high-efficiency industrial processes necessitates an expansion of both the range of the primary parameters of plasma, and the nomenclature of plasma-generating substances. The importance of developing a databank of thermodynamic, optical, transport, and other properties of the plasmas of metals, dielectrics and gases becomes increasingly apparent as new industrial and engineering applications are developed. This handbook addresses the need by presenting analytically obtained data on the principal thermodynamic properties (partial composition, degree of ionization, pressure, internal energy, effective adiabatic exponent) of the plasma of metals such as copper, stainless steel, tungsten, molybdenum, tantalum, zirconmium. chromium, niobium, nickel, and silicon and of dieletrics such as zirconium oxide, silicon, dioxide, organic glass, textolite, polyformaldehyde, and caprolactum. Also included are the values of the principal optical properties of the plasmas of Teflon and Plexiglas.