Introduction to Plasma and its Applications

PE subject for B. Tech-ME (4th/5th/6th/7th Semester) Credits: 3

1. Fundamental of Plasma Physics 9

Plasma-the fourth state of matter, Plasma Parameters, Debye length, Plasma frequency, hours
Plasma Sheath, Interaction of electromagnetic wave with plasma, Industrial Plasmas, Cold
and thermal plasma, Fusion Plasma
2. Basic Plasma Processes 9
Collision processes, Ionization, and generation of charged particles, Saha equation of hours
ionization, Recombination, Ambipolar diffusion, Diffusion and mobility in presence of
magnetic field, Transport properties of plasmas, Electrical and Thermal conductivity
3. Plasma dynamics and Biomedical Applications 7
Motion and drifts of charged particles, Plasma kinetic theory, Boltzmann and Vlasov hours
equation, Plasma fluid model, Conservation equation for mass, momentum and energy,
Single fluid Equation, Plasma Medicine
4. Plasma Production Techniques 7
DC discharges, Glow discharge, Normal and abnormal glow discharges, Arc discharge, hours
Transferred and non-transferred arcs Cathode and anode fall, Arc Column, RF discharge,
Microwave discharge, ECR Plasmas, Atmospheric pressure glow discharges, Dielectric
barrier discharges
5. Industrial Applications of Plasmas 13
Plasma surface engineering, Biomaterials and plasma, Plasma treatment of textiles, Waste hours
treatment and pollution control with plasmas, Re-entry plasma simulation and aerospace
material testing, Plasma propulsion devices, Thermal Plasmas, High enthalpy source,
Plasma Spraying, Spheroidizing and preparation of fine powders, Synthesis &
characterization of nanomaterials (nanoparticles, nanotubes, etc), Synthesis of materials
and metallurgy in arc plasmas, Plasma cutting and welding.

TEXTBOOKS
1. Plasma Medical Science, Shinya Toyokuni, Yuzuru Ikehara, Masaru Hor, Academic Press, 2018
2. Plasma Physics and Engineering, A. Friedman and L. A. Kennedy, (Taylor and Francis, New York,
2004)
3. Characterization of Nanoparticles: Measurement Process for Nanoparticles, Alex, Wolfgang,
Elsevier, USA, 2019
4. Principles of plasma discharges and materials processing, M. A. Lieberman and A. J. Lichtenberg,
(John Wiley and Sons, 2005)

REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Thermal Plasmas- Fundamentals and Applications, M. I. Boulos, P. Fauchais and E. Pfender, (Plenum
Press, New York and London, 1994)
2. Industrial plasma engineering: Vol. 1 & 2, J. R. Roth, (IOP, 1995 & 2001