It is shown that in a plasma which is heated by an electric current the direct heating of the positive ions can be increased markedly by the presence of a small concentration of impurity ions. With favourable impurity concentrations, this heating is sufficient to explain the observed ion temperature in zeta and sceptre.
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Ware et al. (1961) studied this question.
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