Kinetics of activation processes and concentration of active particles in mixtures of argon, oxygen, and ozone

Electric field strength in gas discharge in argon-oxygen-ozone mixtures was measured by the probe method, the concentrations of active particles were determined by actinometry, and the kinetics of activation processes was ana lyzed. The Boltzmann kinetic equation and the direct kinetic problem in the self-consistent form were solved numerically. Data on the rates and rate c onstant for elementary chemical reactions in the specified mixtures were ob tained. The major role in the formation of ozone in glow discharge is playe d by associative abstraction. The concentration of ozone in a plasma of glo w discharge is proportional to the volume of the ozone-oxygen mixture intro duced from a barrier-discharge reactor.