R. Nagpal et A. Garscadden, DISSOCIATION OF HYDROGEN IN GLOW-DISCHARGES IN HYDROGEN NITROGEN MIXTURES, Chemical physics letters, 231(2-3), 1994, pp. 211-215
Results from a theoretical study of electron and heavy particle kineti
cs of H-2 in glow discharges through H-2-N-2 mixtures are presented. I
t is shown that for small concentrations of the additive in %N-2-%H-2,
the effects on the discharge impedance are diagnostic probes providin
g crucial information regarding the dissociation and ionization balanc
es. The results show that for low discharge currents (<80 mA), medium
gas pressures (>1 Torr), and approximate to 10%-80%H-2-N-2 mixture com
position, collisions between excited electronic states of N-2 with H-2
are the dominant dissociation channels of H-2 in %H-2-%N-2 discharges
.