Transport properties of a two-temperature argon plasma

Numerical computations have been performed using rigorous kinetic theory to determine the transport properties such as viscosity, thermal conductivity, electrical conductivity and electron diffusion coefficient, for an argon plasma at elevated electron temperatures (5000°K to 20000°K) and pressures (10-3 atm to 103 atm) with the ratio of electron temperature to heavy particle temperature ranging from 1.0 to 3.0. The values for the transport properties for a plasma in thermal equilibrium could be obtained as a special case from the present scheme of calculations. Comparison with previous results for the special case of a plasma in thermal equilibrium shows good agreement. Copyright © 1977 American Institute of Physics.