Temperature Dependence of Several Vibrational Relaxation Processes in DF-CO2 Mixtures.

Abstract

A pulsed DF chemical laser has been used to excite DF molecules to their first vibrational level. Decay of the infrared DF fluorescence was used to calculate the vibrational relaxation times of DF due to collisions with itself at temperatures between 468 and 920K as well as at room temperature. The high temperature data were obtained in a laser-induced fluorescence experiment performed behind a reflected shock wave in a shock tube. The relaxation time of DF(1) due to DF collisions was measured. The rate for the reaction DF(1) + CO2(000) = DF(0) + CO2(001) rate was also measured as was the deactivation of CO2(001) by DF. (Modified author abstract)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 22, 1973
Accession Number
AD0762925

Entities

People

  • Jerry F. Bott
  • Norman Cohen

Organizations

  • The Aerospace Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemical Lasers
  • Collisions
  • Fluorescence
  • High Temperature
  • Laser Induced Fluorescence
  • Lasers
  • Molecules
  • Relaxation Time
  • Shock
  • Shock Tubes
  • Shock Waves
  • Vibrational Relaxation

Fields of Study

  • Engineering
  • Physics

Readers

  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Lasers