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Photoelectric enhancement of electrical conductivity in dust-laden gases

S Guha and P K Kaw

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In this paper the authors have investigated analytically the use of the photoelectric effect as a means of enhancing the electrical conductivity of dust-laden gases and have shown that it is not a very efficient process for the range of temperatures (> 900°K) useful for magnetohydrodynamic generation of power. Some numerical results, for the special case of argon laden with barium oxide dust, have also been presented in the discussion.


PACS

51.50.+v Electrical properties (ionization, breakdown, electron and ion mobility, etc.)

84.60.Lw Magnetohydrodynamic conversion

72.40.+w Photoconduction and photovoltaic effects

79.40.+z Thermionic emission

79.60.-i Photoemission and photoelectron spectra

Subjects

Condensed matter: electrical, magnetic and optical

Electronics and devices

Plasma physics

Dates

Issue 2 (February 1968)

Received 18 January 1967



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