Gaseous Electronics places a comprehensive collection of data together with theory and modern practice in a single, concise reference.

Features:

• Collects important data, theory, and applications in a concise and authoritative resource
• Offers the first integrated treatment of ionization and breakdown in crossed electric and magnetic fields in nearly 50 years
• Includes exclusive information on several high-voltage applications based on the author's extensive experience
• Provides more than 190 tables, nearly 2000 citations, and nearly 400 charts for quick access to the data
• Presents all data in SI units for the first time

Contents

Collision Fundamentals

• Coordinate Systems
• Meaning of Velocity Space
• Maxwell's Distribution Function
• Mean Free Path
• Particle Collisions
• Potential Functions for Particle Interactions
• Quantum Mechanical Approach to Scattering

Experimental Methods

• Total Collision Cross Sections
• Differential Cross Sections
• Ionization Cross Section
• Total Excitation Cross Section
• Attachment Cross Section

Data on Cross Sections-I. Rare Gases

• Argon
• Helium
• Krypton
• Neon
• Xenon

Data on Cross Sections-II. Diatomic Gases

• Carbon Monoxide (CO)
• Molecular Hydrogen (H2)
• Molecular Nitrogen
• Molecular Oxygen (O2)
• Nitric Oxide (NO)

Data on Cross Sections-III. Industrial Gases

• Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
• Hydrocarbon Gases CxHy
• Mercury Vapor
• Nitrous Oxide (N2O)
• Ozone (O3)
• Silane (SiH4)
• Sulfur Hexafluoride (SF6)
• Water Vapor (H2O)
• Plasma Processing Gases
• Other Gases

Drift and Diffusion of Electrons-I

• Definitions
• Drift and Diffusion Measurement
• Electron Energy Distribution
• Approximate Methods
• Data on Drift and Diffusion

Drift and Diffusion of Electrons-II: Complex Molecules

• Current Pulse due to Avalanche
• Arrival Time Spectrum Method
• Hydrocarbon Gases
• Nitrogen Compounds
• Plasma Industrial Gases
• Sulfur Hexafluoride (SF6)
• Water Vapor (H2O and D2O)
• Miscellaneous Gases

Ionization Coefficients-I: Non Electron Attaching Gases

• Discharge Development
• Current Growth in Uniform Fields
• Functional dependence of a/N on E/N
• Space Charge Effects
• Breakdown in Uniform Fields
• Multiplication in Non-Uniform Fields
• Recombination
• Data on Ionization Coefficients
• Molecular Gases (Non-Attaching)
• Other Gases (Non-Attaching)

Ionization and Attachment Coefficients-II: Electrons Attaching Gases

• Attachment Processes
• Current Growth in Attaching Gases
• Ionization and Attachment Coefficients

High Voltage Phenomena

• Types of Voltage
• High Direct Voltage Generation
• High Alternating Voltage Generation
• High Impulse Voltage Generation
• Ionization in Alternating Fields
• Sparking Voltages

Ionization in E X B Fields

• List of Symbols
• Brief Historical Note
• Electron Motion in Vacuum in E x B Fields
• Effective Reduced Electric Field (EREF)
• Experimental Setup
• Ionization Coefficients
• Experimental Data
• Secondary Ionization Coefficient
• Sparking Potentials
• Time Lags in E x B Crossed Fields
• Computational Methods
• Effective Collision Frequency

High Frequency Discharges

• Basic Plasma Phenomena
• Debye Length
• Bohm Sheath Model
• Plasma Frequency
• Plasma Conductivity
• Ambipolar Diffusion
• RF Plasma
• Power Absorbed
• Microwave Breakdown
• Laser Breakdown

Index

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