THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS OF SPECTRAL OPACITIES OF MIXTURES OF HYDROGEN AND DIATOMIC GASES.

Abstract

Theoretical and experimental investigations were conducted to determine the variation of absorption coefficient with wave number for molecular gases mixed with H. Molecular gases considered in the theoretical program were CO, BeO, and the CN molecule, while those employed in the experimental program were CO, HCL, and CH4. The experimental program was conducted in a combustion-driven shock tube at temperatures between 1000 and 3100 K and total pressures between 8 and 68 atm. The funcion of the H carrier gas was to broaden the rotational lines of the molecules so that the spectral absorption coefficients of each vibrational band would approach a continum. A limited experimental investigation was also conducted to determine the effect of electrical fields and aerodynamic shear on the opacity of particles carried in a gas stream. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0424810

Entities

People

  • N. L. Krascella
  • P. J. Marteney

Organizations

  • United Aircraft Corporation

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorption
  • Absorption Coefficients
  • Coefficients
  • Combustion
  • Hydrogen
  • Molecules
  • Particles
  • Shock Tubes
  • Tubes

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.
  • Spectroscopy.