A PROPOSAL FOR THE STUDY OF COLLISIONAL PROCESSES LEADING TO ELECTRONIC EXCITATION AND IONIZATION BEHIND SHOCKWAVES

Abstract

It is proposed to utilize alkali metal vapors to study the fundamental collisional processes leading to ionization and electronic excitation in gases behind strong shockwaves. The advantages which result from the substitution of alkali metal vapors for ordinary gases are presented and a suitable arc-heated test facility is described.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0415369

Entities

People

  • Ernst. H. Winkler

Organizations

  • Naval Ordnance Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Alkali Metals
  • Boundary Layer
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Electric Arcs
  • Electron Emission
  • Electrons
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluids
  • Jet Propulsion
  • Liquid Metals
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Metal Vapors
  • Propulsion Systems
  • Test Facilities
  • Vapor Pressure
  • Wind Tunnels

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics
  • Plasma Physics.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics