RT Journal Article ID 3042a5f3273cae6a A1 Rat, V. A1 Andre, P. A1 Aubreton, Jacque A1 Elchinger, M. F. A1 Fauchais, Pierre A1 Lefort, A. T1 COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN KINETIC AND THERMODYNAMIC CALCULATION OF COMPOSITION IN SF6 PLASMAS JF High Temperature Material Processes: An International Quarterly of High-Technology Plasma Processes JO HTM YR 2011 FD 2012-03-26 VO 15 IS 2 SP 105 OP 113 K1 SF6 plasma composition K1 multi-temperature AB In this paper we compare the compositions calculated in chemical equilibrium for an SF6 plasma at atmospheric pressure, in the multi-temperature model and using kinetics (33 reactions involving 18 species). The ratio of the electron temperature Te to that of heavy species Th was calculated as a function of electron density and an intermediate temperature T* between Te and Th was introduced to cope with the relationship kf (T*)/kr(T*) = KX(T*) where kf and kr are the reaction rate coefficients (forward and reverse) and KX the equilibrium constant. The main difference between equilibrium and kinetic calculations lies in the densities of S+, S2+, SF+, F and S species between 2,000 and 6,000 K. The multi-temperature method gives results very different from those of the kinetic calculations even when the charge loss reactions are neglected. This is in contrast to what happens with H2 or N2. PB Begell House LK https://www.dl.begellhouse.com/journals/57d172397126f956,3f6f76556f45e3c7,3042a5f3273cae6a.html