Reactions of Germanium Vapor with Oxidizers: Photon Yields and a New GeO Band System

Abstract

Germanium was reacted with N2O, O2, NO2, and NO in a flow system, which produced GeO. Chemiluminescence was observed from three electronic band systems of GeO Vibrational constants and T sub e values have been obtained. Photon yields for each of the three GeO band systems were measured to be small (<0.1% in all cases) and to be strongly pressure dependent in the 0.5 to 20 Torr region. Reaction of Ge vapor with F2 produced GeF chemiluminescence with a measured photon yield of .00068; the flames from Ge + Br2 and Ge + Cl2 were too weak to measure.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 24, 1976
Accession Number
ADA027227

Entities

People

  • Gene A. Capelle
  • J. M. Brom Jr.

Organizations

  • The Aerospace Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Band Spectra
  • Chemiluminescence
  • Chemistry
  • Classification
  • Diatomic Molecules
  • Emission Spectra
  • Flow Rate
  • Germanium
  • Ground State
  • Measurement
  • Oxides
  • Quantum Properties
  • Spectra
  • Spectroscopy
  • Spin-Orbit Interaction
  • X Band

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering.
  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.
  • Semiconductor Device Technology

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics