Plasmas at thermodynamic equilibrium
Thermal plasmas: fundamental aspects

Any modeling of thermal plasmas - calculation of flares, flows, heat and momentum transfers - requires knowledge of composition, thermodynamic properties (enthalpy, mass heat capacity, specific mass, speed of sound, etc.) and transport properties (thermal and electrical conductivity, viscosity, diffusion coefficients, radiation), either at equilibrium or out of equilibrium . All thermodynamic and transport properties are highly dependent on composition, and therefore on the way they are calculated.