plasma local thermodynamic equilibrium

initialism: LTE
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.08523
Condition for which the temperatures estimated from different particles (atoms, molecules, ions, electrons) constituting a plasma are locally coincident.
Source:
PAC, 2021, 93, 647. (Glossary of methods and terms used in analytical spectroscopy (IUPAC Recommendations 2019)) on page 728 [Terms] [Paper]
Citation: 'plasma local thermodynamic equilibrium' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.08523 RIS BibTex EndNote
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