Spectroscopy of the Vapors of Compounds with Low Volatility Supercooled in a Supersonic Flow,

Abstract

For molecular spectroscopy and related methods of studying molecule structure, including the development of gasdynamic lasers, a problem of immediate importance is that of obtaining the vapors of compounds with low volatility in the gas phase at translational and rotational temperatures close to absolute zero and at densities sufficient for spectrum registration. It has been shown that conditions for such great supercooling can be created in a supersonic flow. Three systems are examined. In the first of these supercooling is produced in a supersonic flow of pure vapors from a furnace or a shock tube. The second system differs from the first in that the vapors are mixed with an inert gas. In the third system the vapors are diffused into the boundary layer of a supersonic flow of cold inert gas through the porous furnace wall which is parallel to the flow.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 30, 1974
Accession Number
AD0780832

Entities

People

  • A. A. Maltsev
  • D. I. Kataev

Organizations

  • National Air and Space Intelligence Center

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Layer
  • Flow
  • Layers
  • Molecular Spectroscopy
  • Molecules
  • Shock Tubes
  • Spectra
  • Spectroscopy
  • Supercooling
  • Supersonic Flow
  • Tubes
  • Volatility

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.
  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Lasers
  • Hypersonics
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Flight
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Flow