More on the Acoustical Method for Measuring Energy and Tangential Momentum Accommodation Coefficients.

Abstract

Additional measurement sof the energy (EAC) and tangential momentum accommodation coefficients (TMAC) of He and Ne on polycrystalline tungsten have been made using an acoustic technique previously reported. The measurements were made after the tungsten surface had been exposed to the atmosphere and after it had been flashed in a vacuum at 1240, 1460, 1770 and 2000 K. Three stable, reproducible surfaces were detected. These have been associated with an atomic oxygen film, upper molecular oxygen film, and an unknown film produced by atmospheric exposure. Comparison with molecular beam scattering experiments indicates that TMAC corresponds to the fraction of molecules scattered diffusely from polycrystalline surfaces and EAC to the diffuse fraction from single crystal surfaces. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1979
Accession Number
ADA076972

Entities

People

  • F. Douglas Shields

Organizations

  • University of Mississippi

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorption
  • Atmospheres
  • Coefficients
  • Crystal Structure
  • Crystals
  • Energy
  • Films
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • Mississippi
  • Molecular Beams
  • Molecules
  • Momentum
  • Optical Pyrometers
  • Polycrystals
  • Single Crystals
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering
  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics
  • Thin Film Deposition Science.