SOUND ABSORPTION AND VELOCITY MEASUREMENTS IN OXYGEN

Abstract

The tube method was used to measure sound absorption and velocity in pure O2 at 23.5, 208.7 and 301.3 C. At the elevated temperatures the absorption was in excess of the cl ssical value. This was attributed to thermal relaxation of the vibratio al en rgy. At 208.7 and 301.3 C, the peak value of the relaxation absorption curve is estimated to fall at 1 !4 and 175!13 cycl s/ ec/atm, r spectively. These values correspond to relaxation times of 1.71 x 10 to the -3rd power and 1.01 x 10 to the -3rd power sec and are considerably longer than would be e pected by interpolation from previous data at higher and lower temperatures. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 22, 1962
Accession Number
AD0286957

Entities

People

  • F.d. Shields
  • K.p. Lee

Organizations

  • University of Mississippi

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorption
  • Interpolation
  • Measurement
  • Peak Values
  • Relaxation Time

Readers

  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics
  • Snow Cover Descriptors for Reptiles and Their Illustrations.
  • Thermal Physics or Thermal Science.