Artigo Revisado por pares

Laser-induced plasma expansion: theoretical and experimental aspects

2004; Elsevier BV; Volume: 59; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.sab.2003.12.017

ISSN

1873-3565

Autores

M. Capitelli, A. Casavola, Gianpiero Colonna, Alessandro De Giacomo,

Tópico(s)

Analytical chemistry methods development

Resumo

Theoretical and experimental efforts to describe the expansion of laser-induced plasma plume are reviewed. Particular attention has been devoted to a comparison between experimental and theoretical time of flight (TOF) profiles. The theoretical results obtained by inserting plasma kinetics in one-dimensional fluid-dynamic code show that chemical processes strongly influence the fluid dynamic expansion. Moreover fluid-dynamics codes based on both Navier–Stokes and DSMC models, which in addition include the possibility of different temperatures for electrons and heavy particles, are discussed.

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