Chemical Reactions in Shock Waves
Abstract
Experimental and computational studies were carried out on a number of high-temperature chemical reactions. The experiments were done using a variety of spectroscopic techniques, coupled with shock-wave initiation of reaction. The principal results comprise mechanism explorations and determinations of elementary reaction rate constants among the reaction species H2, CO, CO2, O2, D2, C2H2, and CH4. In the course of obtaining these results, several significant advances in the technology of shock-tube experiments and in computer simulation of reactive flow were achieved. Discoveries of particular note include coupling between vibrational excitation and reaction rate for several bimolecular reactions, non-Arrhenius behavior of rate constant expressions, and participation of radical-radical processes in decomposition and isotope exchange reactions.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 24, 1975
- Accession Number
- ADA013414
Entities
People
- W. C. Gardiner Jr.
Organizations
- University of Texas at Austin