OPTICAL SPECTRA PRODUCED BY 13-gm PENTOLITE SPHERES IN SEVERAL GASES AT ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE,
Abstract
Observations of the luminosity created by 13-gm explosions in air, O2, and N2 have been made with a time-integrated spectrograph and with a microsecond-resolution photodiode. Incomplete identification of the spectral species suggests a wide range of excitations in the three gases from low-energy forbidden O2-band radiation to ionized N2-radiation. The source of these excitations has not been proven, but the circumstantial evidence suggests that explosion particles produce the luminosity during collisions with the ambient gas. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 12, 1969
- Accession Number
- AD0689354
Entities
People
- K. W. Reed
- L. Rudlin
Organizations
- Naval Ordnance Laboratory