Chemiluminescence Spectra and Photon Yields for Several Sn-Oxidizer Reactions

Abstract

Tin vapor has been reacted with N2O, NO2, O2, and F2 to produce SnO and SnF in a flame. Reactions of Sn with O2 and NO2 produced very weak chemiluminescence, whereas Sn + Br2 and Cl2 produced no detectable light emission. The highest photon yield measured was 6.7% for SnO emission that resulted from the reaction of Sn + N2O in Ar at a Sn concentration of 3 X 10 to the 13th power, The maximum SnF yield measured was 0.3% for Sn + F2. The spectral character of the SnO chemiluminescence generated in the Sn + N2 O reaction was found to be a strong function of pressure (0.5 to 25 Torr) and carrier gas identity (Ar, He, N2) in the flow-tube reaction system.

Open PDF

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 29, 1977
Accession Number
ADA043320

Entities

People

  • Colan Linton
  • Gene A. Capelle

Organizations

  • The Aerospace Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Chemical Lasers
  • Chemiluminescence
  • Corporations
  • Dye Lasers
  • Flow
  • Flow Rate
  • Frequency Combs
  • Laser Applications
  • Laser Beams
  • Lasers
  • Liquid Dye Lasers
  • Luminescence
  • New York
  • Nitrogen Lasers
  • Spectra
  • Spectroscopy

Readers

  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics