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Record 1 2017-05-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plasma Physics
DEF

[A] plasma [that] approaches a state of local thermodynamic equilibrium (LTE).

CONT

Plasmas can be "thermal/hot" and "non-thermal/cold." Thermal plasma is nearly fully ionized while non-thermal plasma is only partly ionized.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique des plasmas
CONT

Dans un plasma thermique, connu aussi comme plasma chaud, l'énergie cinétique des électrons et celle des particules lourdes sont du même ordre de grandeur. Par contre, le plasma non thermique, appelé également le plasma froid, est un plasma en déséquilibre thermique.

Spanish

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