The Stefan-Maxwell equations for diffusion fluxes of plasma in a magnetic field (Q1064949)

Heat and mass transport equations are obtained for a multicomponent plasma and transport coefficients are given in an exact form which is economical and convenient for practical calculations. Exact Stefan- Maxwell equations are derived for diffusion fluxes in a magnetic field. These calculations generalize the previous results of the authors [e.g.: Molecular gas dynamics. Report of the fifth all-union conference on rarefied gas dynamics and molecular gas dynamics, 1978, Nauka, Moscow, 20-44 (1982)] now for the case where external electromagnetic fields do influence the transport processes in an ionized gas. The results of the paper are discussed in conjunction with those obtained by other authors.