CALCULATION OF SOME THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES OF AIR PLASMAS - INTERNAL PARTITION-FUNCTIONS, PLASMA COMPOSITION, AND THERMODYNAMIC FUNCTIONS

The thermodynamic properties of air plasmas are calculated in the framework of the C. L. T. E. hypothesis, for pressures varying from 1 to 200 atm, in a temperature range from 1000 to 30,000 K. In these calculations, the neutral mono-, di-, and triatomic species, as well as their positive and negative ions, are taken into account. From the internal partition function values, the plasma compositions and the thermodynamic functions (specific enthalpy, Gibbs and Helmholtz free energies and entropy) are calculated.