AASERT-93: New High-Pressure Diagnostic Technique

Abstract

As we outlined in our submitted proposal, progress towards making DFWM spectroscopy quantitative has been achieved. This work makes explicit how the magnitude of the DFWM signal depends on the polarizations of the three incident beams under the weak and strong-field limits. We have been using DFWM to investigate acetylene (C2H2) and methyl radical (CH3) molecules in an atmospheric pressure flame and in a low-pressure hot-filament reactor. To calibrate the measurement, acetylene is measured in the free flow of a C2H2/O2 mixture, and also in the pre-reaction zone of a C2H2/O2 flame-both with a fast flow rate of 40-50 m/s at the nozzle outlet of the mixture. The DFWM signal falls in the weak field limit (far from saturation), which means the DFWM signal is proportional to the products of the three incident beam intensities (IfIbIp).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 31, 1994
Accession Number
ADA284943

Entities

People

  • Richard Zare

Organizations

  • Stanford University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Acetylenes
  • Alkynes
  • Barometric Pressure
  • Chemistry
  • Classification
  • Engineering
  • Flow Rate
  • High Pressure
  • Measurement
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Molecules
  • Optical Scanning
  • Specific Volume
  • Spectra
  • Spectroscopy
  • Wave Mixing

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.