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Kinetic study of a N₂-CH₄ afterglow plasma for production of N-containing hydrocarbon species of Titan’s atmosphere

Pintassilgo, C. D.; Loureiro, J.

We present the results from a self-consistent kinetic model simulating the afterglow of a flowing microwave discharge in pure N ₂ in which CH ₄ is introduced in the post-discharge. The simulation is carried out for a discharge operating at 433 MHz, in a tube of 1.9 cm inner radius, at the pressure range 26.6-133 Pa. In the po…