@article {7288,
	title = {ELECTRON DEGRADATION AND THERMALIZATION IN CH4 GAS},
	journal = {Journal of Chemical Physics},
	volume = {97},
	number = {3},
	year = {1992},
	note = {ISI Document Delivery No.: JE891Times Cited: 17Cited Reference Count: 44},
	month = {Aug},
	pages = {2061-2074},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {The relaxation to equilibrium of an ensemble of electrons dilutely dispersed in a large excess of CH4 is studied with solutions of the Boltzmann equation. Elastic and vibrationally inelastic collision processes are included in the analysis. The relaxation time for the approach to equilibrium defined for the relaxation of the average electron energy is determined for two different cross section sets. The kinetic theory formalism, based on the Boltzmann equation, is compared with the formalism used in radiation chemistry and physics and based on the Spencer-Fano equation.},
	keywords = {APPROXIMATION, equation, INITIAL PRODUCTS, NEUTRAL GASES, SPENCER-FANO, SUBEXCITATION ELECTRONS, SWARMS, TIME-DEPENDENT ASPECTS, TRANSPORT-COEFFICIENTS, VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION, YIELDS},
	isbn = {0021-9606},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://A1992JE89100051},
	author = {Kowari, K. and Demeio, L. and Shizgal, B.}
}
