Gaseous Electronics

8

SODIUM

CONTENTS

8.1 Selected References for Data

8.2 Total Cross Sections

8.3 Ionization Cross Section

8.4 Drift Velocity of Electrons

8.5 Scaling Law

References

 

Sodium (Na) atom has 11 electrons with configuration 2p⁶3s ²S_1/2. The electronic polarizability is 26.825 × 10⁻⁴⁰ F m² and the ionization potential is 5.139 eV.

8.1 SELECTED REFERENCES FOR DATA

See Table 8.1.

8.2 TOTAL CROSS SECTIONS

See Table 8.2.

TABLE 8.1Selected References for Data

Quantity	Range	Reference
Total cross section	3–102	Kwan et al. (1991)
Ionization cross section	0–1000	Lennon et al. (1988)
Elastic scattering	10–54.4	Srivastava and Vušković (1980)
Drift velocity	(1–100)	Nakamura and Lucas (1978a)
Momentum transfer cross section ...