Reply by Authors to A.G. Hammitt

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7)This solution is algebraically more complicated than the one of Ref. 1 but does satisfy the boundary conditions, j was used as the basic parameter of the sheath solution in Ref. 1, and this is also true of the above solution except that it is more convenient to introduce the auxiliary parameter B, which is a function only of j as shown by Eqs. (5) and (7). In the limit of C large which corresponds to A and n s large this solution and that of Ref. 1 give the same results. This conclusion is not too surprising since in the limit of C large the solution for the equivalent one-dimensional situation of Ref. 1 does satisfy the boundary condition that s s = 0.In Ref. 3, solutions were obtained not only for the limiting case of co = oo but for finite values of CD and for both flat plates and conical probes. The results so obtained for flat plates and conical probes are shown in Figs. 1 and 2.