| Abstract: | The influence of the electron concentration and temperature fluctuations on local thermodynamic equilibrium (LTE) in a gas-discharge plasma due to superheat turbulence development is analyzed. Data for the noble-gas atmospheric plasmas Ar and He (T=6-18 kK) and air ( T=4-9 kK) are given. It is shown that superheat turbulence causes deviation from LTE when parameter-space gradients are absent. As a result, the influence of superheat turbulence for weakly radiative gases (He, H2) is considerably greater than for strong radiative gases (Ar, Xe, etc). The artificial excitement of superheat turbulence in plasma without any current by means of external electric field fluctuations is demonstrated |
