Chemical Laser Systems.
Abstract
A number of chemical reactions leading to the formation of vibrationally excited Hcl have been studied spectroscopically employing a diagnostic technique developed during the earlier course of this program. An infrared interferometric technique has been employed to develop a diagnostic procedure which makes possible the spatial (time) measurement of the spontaneous Hcl emission as a function of location along the flow axis of the reactor tube. During the course of the studies on the Cl + HI reaction, measurements were made of the atomic iodine (2p1/2) to (2p3/2) emission which has been observed to accompany that from HCl. A number of other HCl producing reactions have also been studied; a spectroscopic examination of the SO + N2O reaction to produce SO2(3B1) has been initiated and some additional work on the CS2/N2O/O2 flame laser has been carried out. Finally, a small effort to investigate means for efficiently producing metal atoms by chemical reaction has been initiated. In these experiments, Cu metal atoms were electrically excited by means of a pulsed electric discharge through CuCl vapor diluted with Argon.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 28, 1974
- Accession Number
- AD0778358
Entities
People
- Milton J. Linevsky
- Ralph A. Carabetta
Organizations
- General Electric