EXPERIMENTS ON THE ACCOMMODATION OF NORMAL MOMENTUM.

Abstract

Measurements are described of the transfer of momentum from a beam of normally incident N2(+) ions to a copper target forming one arm of a sensitive torsion balance. As the incident ion energy is increased, the accommodation coefficient for the normal component of momentum falls rapidly from unity for 4 eV ions to a minimum value of 0.4 for about 7 eV ions, then increases gradually to an asymptotic value of 0.7 for 50-100 eV ions. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0644893

Entities

People

  • B. W. Viney
  • J. S. Colligon
  • W. N. Mair

Organizations

  • Royal Aircraft Establishment

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Coefficients
  • Momentum

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.
  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Plasma Physics.