Global Modeling of CO₂ Discharges with Aerospace Applications

Table 3

Reactions involving oxygen species considered in the CO₂ plasma kinetics.

Number	Process		Description	Source
1	O + e^− → O^+ + 2e^−		O ionization
2	wall → O		O^+ wall recombination	Formula (4), from [22]
3	Owall → (1/2) O2		O2 wall formation	Formula (5), from [22]
4	O2 + e^− → + 2e^−		O2 ionization
5	O2() + e^−  ↔ CO2() + e^−	(VI)	O2 vib. (de-)excitation
6	wall → O2		wall recombination	Formula (4), from [22]
7	+ e^− → O + O		diss. recombination	[31]
8	O2 + e^− → 2O(^3P) + e^−		O2 dissociation
9	O2 + e^− → O(^3P) + O(^1D) + e^−		O2 dissociation
10	O(^1D)wall → O(^3P)		O(^1D) wall deexcitation	Formula (5), from [22]
11	O(^3P) + e^−  ↔ O(^1D) + e^−		O(^1D) excitation/deexc.
12	O(^1D)wall → (1/2) O2		O2 wall formation	Formula (5), from [22]
13	O(^1D) + e^− → O^+ + 2e^−		O(^1D) ionization
14	O2 + e^− → O^− + O + e^−		O2 diss. attachment
15	O2 + e^− → O^− + O^+ + e^−		O2 dissocitative ionization
16	O2 + e^− → O + O^+ + 2e^−		O2 dissocitative ionization
17	O^+ + O^− → 2O		O^+ recombination with O^−
18	+ O^− → O2 + O		recombination with O^−
19	O + O^− → O2 + e^−		O^− recombination with O	[32]
20	O^+ + O2 → O +		O^+/ charge exchange	[33]

(VI) Vibrational (de-)excitation for = 1 and = 2 values.