DETERMINATION FROM THE RESULTS OF BALLISTIC EXPERIMENTS OF THE RATE CONSTANTS OF REACTIONS OF DISSOCIATIVE AND TRIPLE RECOMBINATION OF ARGON IONS - THEORETICAL DETERMINATION OF THE COEFFICIENT OF TRIPLE RECOMBINATION

Different approaches are used to theoretically derive the expression f or the coefficient of triple recombination as a function of temperatur e and pressure. Numerous solutions of inverse problems and comparison with the results of experiments in a ballistic path and shock tube pro ve the validity of the derived coefficient of triple recombination. It is shown that this expression is valid for moderate pressures and com plements the results of Pitaevskii for low pressures and of Langevin f or high pressures.