Visible Spectra of Standard Navy Colored Flares

Abstract

The visible spectra, color data and output powers from standard Navy red, green and yellow signal flares are presented. The spectra were taken under essentially identical conditions on actual in-service Navy devices. The dominant emissions accounting for the output power in the flares are from the molecular bands of the alkaline earth oxides, hydroxides and chlorides in the red and green flares and from atomic sodium in the yellow flare.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 15, 1983
Accession Number
ADA140342

Entities

People

  • Henry A. Webster Iii

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accounting
  • Barium Oxides
  • Chlorides
  • Colored Flares
  • Copper
  • Emission
  • Emitters
  • Flares
  • Hydroxides
  • Materials
  • Military Research
  • Power Spectra
  • Pyrotechnics
  • Spectra
  • Spectrographs
  • Standards
  • Visible Spectra

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Defense Financial Management and Audit.
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Solar Physics