Plasma Physics and Engineering [Hardcover]

Alexander A. Fridman (Author), Lawrence A. Kennedy (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1560328487 | ISBN-13: 978-1560328483 | Publication Date: April 2004 | Edition: 1

Plasma engineering is a rapidly expanding area of science and technology with increasing numbers of engineers using plasma processes over a wide range of applications. An essential tool for understanding this dynamic field, Plasma Physics and Engineering provides a clear, fundamental introduction to virtually all aspects of modern plasma science and technology, including plasma chemistry and engineering, combustion, chemical physics, lasers, electronics, methods of material treatment, fuel conversion, and environmental control. The book contains an extensive database on plasma kinetics and thermodynamics, many helpful numerical formulas for practical calculations, and an array of problems and concept questions.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Excellent for students. New addition of liquid plasma discharge is very good. ... Top rate ... opens the eyes of students who are learning this subject for the first time ... has the best chemistry of various plasma discharges and covers a wide range of industrial applications of cold plasma discharges."
-- Young I Cho, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

About the Author

Prof. Alexander Fridman is Nyheim Chair Professor of Drexel University and Director of Drexel Plasma Institute. His research focuses on plasma approaches to material treatment, fuel conversion and environmental control. Prof. Fridman has over 30 years of plasma research in national laboratories and universities of Russia, France, and the United States. He has published 5 books and 350 papers, and received numerous honors for his work, including Stanley Kaplan Distinguished Professorship in Chemical Kinetics and Energy Systems, George Soros Distinguished Professorship in Physics, and the State Prize of the USSR for discovery of selective stimulation of chemical processes in non-thermal plasma.

Prof. Lawrence A. Kennedy has been the Dean of Engineering and a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Illinois at Chicago since 1994. He has published over 200 archival publications and over 180 limited circulation reports and abstract reviewed papers. Prof. Kennedy has also won numerous awards such as The Ralph W. Kurtz Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering at OSU (1992-1995) and the Ralph Coats Roe Award from ASEE (1993). He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 860 pages
• Publisher: CRC Press; 1 edition (April 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1560328487
• ISBN-13: 978-1560328483
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.4 x 2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,788,929 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars book for plasma engineers, May 26, 2004

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Iskendk Iskendk (Chicago, IL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Plasma Physics and Engineering (Hardcover)

This book focuses on the most important and fundamental issues of
plasma physics and applications in today's industry. It provides an
excellent introduction and overview of plasma. It covers almost all
aspects of plasma physics and engineering and has a lot of useful
examples.

In this book, author gave a thorough consideration of the theory of
breakdown phenomena leading to formation of different plasma
discharges and finally covered, in considerable depth, the physics and
main features behind the major discharges intensively used in
cutting-edge technologies. Along with the well known material, the
most interesting and important innovations in area of plasma physics
are also gathered and discussed.

It is extremely useful as reference and textbook. I highly recommend it to anyone interested in plasma.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars excellent text, 5 stars if it wasn't for the typos, November 3, 2006

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L. I. Tobos "x95larry" (Farmington Hills, MI USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Plasma Physics and Engineering (Hardcover)

This is a great reference, with wonderful physical insight into plasma kinetics mechanisms. Unfortunately the astonishing work of the authors is undermined by minor typos from the editor, which may throw off beginners- equations where charges or species don't add up, and the like. I could not find an errata yet, therefore only the 4 stars; but sincere congrats to the authors for such indepth and insightful work.