The calor-electric effect in atmospheric flame plasmas at thermodynamic equilibrium†

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Abstract
Out of the theories proposed by earlier workers, the calor-electric effect is found to be more satisfactorily explained by the theory of the massive formation of negative ions near a water-cooled electrode. An attachment mechanism, operative below 100°c, is proposed to account for this massive formation. Calor-electric voltages up to 1–9 v are observed for the atmospheric CH4-O2 flame at thermodynamic equilibrium. A calculation method, utilizing double probe data, gives tho maximum expected value as 3 v under the assumption of complete attachment of electrons near a water-cooled electrode. The variation of the calor-electric voltage with the equivalence ratio of the flame shows a sharp maximum at stoichiometric proportions of CH4 andO2.

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