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120<br />

. Dlschorge zone Reactor zone<br />

1: L Diffusion or<br />

flow tube<br />

Measurement<br />

' device<br />

I I<br />

I<br />

I<br />

I<br />

I<br />

Fig. 1. Schematic drawing <strong>of</strong> a typical "reaction tube," showing<br />

the location <strong>of</strong> the discharge zone, the reactor zone, the<br />

discharge-zone boundary (at A = L/R), and the end plate<br />

(at - 0).<br />

Table 1. 'Rate processes occurring within a typical reaction tube.24<br />

Ions and Electrons<br />

in Discharge Zone<br />

PRODUCTION: Ionization<br />

Photoionization<br />

Ion-molecule Reactions<br />

Electron Attachment<br />

Charge Transfer<br />

Metastable Atom Reactions<br />

Loss : Ion-electron Recombination<br />

Ion-ion Recombination<br />

Wall Recombination<br />

Loss to Measurement Device<br />

Electron Detachment<br />

TRANSPORT: Convection<br />

Diffusion<br />

Ambipolar Diffusion<br />

Drift<br />

Cyclotron Resonance<br />

X=O<br />

MU. 3 5708<br />

Neutral Species in<br />

Discharge and Reactor Zones<br />

Ion-electron Recombinat ion<br />

Ion- ion Recombinat ion<br />

Ion-molecule Reactions<br />

Electron Attachment<br />

Wall Recombination <strong>of</strong> Ions<br />

Gas-kinetic Reactions<br />

Recombination on Walls<br />

Recombination on End Plate<br />

Loss to Measurement Device<br />

Convect ion<br />

Diffusion

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