On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 8:05 PM, Jones Beene <[email protected]> wrote:
> By "not successful" do you mean that the calculations do not explain > reality > very well? Should you then consider both inelastic and elastic collisions? > Thanks for yours and Abd's replies. I got the impression that the cooling effect would be significant and useful for cooling gases with practical levels of ionization. Here is another mentioning of the effect http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/ciencia/ciencia_flyingobjects44.htm " ... charges its jet engine exhaust stream which has the effect of rapidly cooling its exhaust ... Likely also copyrighted. But I have the right to read it since I have bought the book. David
