Recent Research on Phosphorus Smoke,

Abstract

The optical extinction coefficients of phosphorus smokes in various regions of the spectrum are expected to depend on relative humidity due to the hygroscopic nature of the aerosol. They also depend on the amount of smoke (C-l product) present. These are important problems for systems analysts who model the effectiveness of smoke munitions, and for scientists conducting field tests on smokes who measure the transmission through smoke clouds and use assumed extinction coefficients to calculate the amount of smoke present from Beer's law.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA090442

Entities

People

  • Edward W. Stuebing
  • Glenn O. Rubel
  • Robert H. Frickel

Organizations

  • United States Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acids
  • Detectors
  • Equations
  • Humidity
  • Measurement
  • Munitions
  • Normal Distribution
  • Optical Properties
  • Particle Size
  • Particles
  • Phosphoric Acids
  • Photonic Metamaterials
  • Refractive Index
  • Smoke Munitions
  • Transmittance
  • Vapor Pressure
  • Water Vapor

Readers

  • Aerosol Science/Aerosol Physics
  • Systems Analysis and Design