UPPER LIMITS FOR CHEMILUMINESCENCE FROM SINGLE COLLISIONS OF 03 WITH NO, CO, H2S, AND CS2,

Abstract

Double modulated, crossed molecular beam experiments were performed which permit upper limits to be set for the production of light from single, thermal energy collisions of ozone with nitric oxide, carbon monoxide, hydrogen sulphide, and carbon disulphide. Minimum detectable signals were limited by background light levels from a temperature sensitive surface reaction involving ozone. With the apparatus walls cooled by liquid nitrogen, this reaction still generated a partially single-modulated detector noise whose dc count rate was 100/sec. Beam densities were determined with an electron-ionization stagnation detector, operated at 20 cps, and photomultiplier luminous efficiency was measured by comparison with a standard lamp. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0630017

Entities

People

  • D. M. Scattergood
  • Halstead Harrison

Organizations

  • Boeing

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Carbon Monoxide
  • Collisions
  • Detectors
  • Dielectric Gases
  • Hydrogen Sulfides
  • Liquids
  • Molecular Beams
  • Sulfides
  • Surface Reactions
  • Warning Systems

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Plasma Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics