Performance and DiagNOstics of Lasers Initiated by the Reaction of NO with ClO2,

Abstract

A purely chemical HCl laser employing transverse flow was operated with a maximum multiline output power of 13 W, which represents a chemical efficiency of 8.6% based on the total exothermicity of the pumping reaction. The required nonequilibrium concentration on Cl atoms was generated by the branched-chain reaction of NO with ClO2. Mass spectrometric and absorption spectroscopic measurements of species concentrations in the NO/ClO2 reaction system showed that the effectiveness of production of the branched chain decreased with increasing total pressure. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1979
Accession Number
ADA076010

Entities

People

  • D. R. Snelling
  • K. D. Foster
  • S. J. Arnold

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemical Lasers
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Chemistry
  • Detection
  • Flow Rate
  • Halogenation
  • High Pressure
  • Lasers
  • Mass Spectra
  • Mass Spectrometers
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Measurement
  • Photolysis
  • Production
  • Spectra
  • Spectroscopy
  • Transverse

Readers

  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics
  • Organic Chemistry

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Lasers