ULTRA-HIGH-ENERGY STORAGE.

Abstract

Various hydrocarbon materials have been subjected to an electrical discharge. The gases employed in the discharge were He, a hydrocarbon (either ceresin wax or acetylene) and the residual air in the reactor. When a cryogenic electrode is placed in the discharge, a polymeric material collects on this electrode. Heats of combustion were determined for the starting materials and the reaction products. All reaction products of acetylene had a lower heat of combustion than pure material. Most samples of ceresin wax had a lower heat of combustion than normal, but some samples had a heat of combustion two to three times that of the normal reaction product. Samples of starting material and reaction product were subjected to infrared and ultraviolet absorption spectra, X-ray diffraction analysis, differential thermal analysis and mass spectral analysis as well as conventional calorimetry. Some correlation was noted between the mass spectral and differential thermal analysis data and the occurrence of energy-enhanced samples. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0374329

Entities

People

  • Alexander S. Hawes
  • Gordon R. Orme

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorption
  • Absorption Spectra
  • Alkynes
  • Combustion
  • Differential Thermal Analysis
  • Diffraction
  • Diffraction Analysis
  • Energy
  • Energy Storage
  • Heat Energy
  • Heat Of Combustion
  • High Energy
  • Hydrocarbons
  • Materials
  • Thermal Analysis
  • X Rays
  • X-Ray Diffraction

Readers

  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.
  • Solar Physics
  • Thermal Physics or Thermal Science.