Global Modeling of CO₂ Discharges with Aerospace Applications

Table 4

Reactions involving carbon species considered in the CO₂ plasma kinetics.

number	Process	Description	Source
1	CO2 + e^− → C^+ + 2O + 2e^−	CO2 diss. ionization	f in [16]
2	wall → C	C^+ wall recombination	Formula (4), from [22]
3	C + e^− → C^+ + 2e^−	C ionization	[34]
4	C^+ + CO → C + CO^+	C^+/CO^+ charge exchange	Evaluation, present work
5	C^+ + O^− → C + O	recombination	Evaluation, present work

f: Lindsay and Mangan [24], as reported in [16].