Монография. New York, Plenum Press, 1994. — 452 p. — ISBN 978-1-4899-1339-5, DOI 10.1007/978-1-4899-1337-1This first volume is divided into eight chapters preceded by abrief introduction. In the first chapter, the plasma state is defined and various
methods of thermal plasma generation are introduced along with abrief discussion of thermal plasma properties and applications of thermal
plasmas. Chapters 2, 3, and 4 cover the essential elements of atomic and molecular theory, kinetic theory, and gaseous electronics, respectively,
which are needed for an understanding of material presented in the following chapters. After deriving the plasma equations in Chapter 5,
thermodynamic and transport properties are considered in the following two chapters. The most up-to-date values of these properties for selected gases and gas mixtures are presented in the Appendix in the form of tables. The last chapter (8) is devoted to radiation transport.
