CHEMICAL KINETICS OF NITROUS OXIDE DECOMPOSITION AT ELEVATED PRESSURES AND TEMPERATURES

Abstract

Kinetic studies of the thermal decomposition of nitrous oxide were conducte in the temperature range from 1000 to 2500 . the decomposition of nitrous oxide behind the reflected shock wave in a shock tube wa investigated using photographic techniques. It appears that the rate of decomposition may be governed by the vibrational relaxation time of the lower energy valence b nd. Induction times for the rapid decompoition of nitrous oxide range from 152 microseconds at 1430 K to zero microseconds at abo t 2500 K. The value of about 150 microseconds at 1430 K agrees qualitatively with approximate value obtained by other investigators.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1962
Accession Number
AD0291702

Entities

People

  • E. S. Fishburne
  • Rudolph Edse

Organizations

  • Ohio State University

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Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Boundary Layer
  • Cameras
  • Carbon Monoxide
  • Chemical Kinetics
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Chemistry
  • Combustion
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Decomposition
  • Dielectric Gases
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • High Temperature
  • Kinetics
  • Static Pressure
  • Thermodynamic Properties
  • Waves

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