Abstract

Bohm criterion is revisited in the framework of a one-dimensional stationary and unmagnetized low-pressure argon and helium plasma mixture containing non-thermal electrons and dust grains model. Dust grains, electron non-thermality, and ions density ratio effects on Bohm velocities along with dust grain charge number |Φd0|, are investigated. It is revealed that Bohm velocities are highly correlated, with their profiles exhibiting a moving peak. Mixing the two gases allowed the appearance of subsonic (argon) as well as supersonic (helium) Bohm velocities. The present model may be generalized to many ion species plasmas.

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