HIGH-TEMPERATURE AIR MICROWAVE BREAKDOWN.

Abstract

The test section of an electric-arc shock tube was used to explore the dependence of microwave breakdown behavior on elevated gas temperature. Special diagnostic techniques included microwave interferometry and a flat-plate ion density probe. Results for air, nitrogen, and argon are in agreement with the proposed theory, and the importance of the nitrogen molecule in explaining the air data is established in the context of the theoretical model. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0685713

Entities

People

  • Glenn C. Light

Organizations

  • The Aerospace Corporation

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Electric Arcs
  • High Temperature
  • Interferometry
  • Ion Density
  • Ions
  • Microwave Interferometry
  • Microwaves
  • Molecules
  • Nitrogen
  • Shock Tubes
  • Tubes

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Metallurgy
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.
  • Theoretical Analysis.