Numéro
J. Phys. Colloques
Volume 40, Numéro C7, Juillet 1979
XIVe Conférence Internationale sur les Phénomènes d'Ionisation dans les Gaz / XIVth International Conference on Phenomena in Ionized Gases
Page(s) C7-681 - C7-682
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/jphyscol:19797330
XIVe Conférence Internationale sur les Phénomènes d'Ionisation dans les Gaz / XIVth International Conference on Phenomena in Ionized Gases

J. Phys. Colloques 40 (1979) C7-681-C7-682

DOI: 10.1051/jphyscol:19797330

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY OF HIGH-DENSITY, SHOCK-HEATED Ar AND Xe PLASMAS

S. Hashiguchi1 et M. Inutake2

1  Kyoto Technical University, Kyoto 606, Japan.
2  Institute of Plasma Physics, Nagoya University Nagoya 464, Japan.


Abstract
Pressure, temperature, and the electrical conductivity of the plasma behind the reflected shock were measured for the range of the "plasma parameter" ε from 2 to 9. The electrical conductivity for Coulomb collisions, which is separated from the measured value is, on the average, 76% of Spitzer's theoretical value for Ar (ε=2~3) and is 69% of it for Xe (ε =5~7). The discrepancy between theory and experiment for xenon plasmas is only slightly different from the one for argon plasmas inspite of the difference of ε by a factor of 2.