Volume 1: The Solid-Gas Singlet Delta Oxygen Generator

Abstract

The recently completed research program at the Air Force Research Laboratory, Edwards AFB Site, had as its goals for the component dealing with solid-gas generation of singlet delta oxygen: a) construction of a Raman diagnostic system for the simultaneous measurement of excited and ground state oxygen in gas-solid reactions between solid peroxides and hydrogen halides or chlorine gas, b) exploration of alternate singlet delta oxygen sources, and c) technical chemistry support to a parallel engineering effort at Boeing. This technical report summarizes the results which were obtained during this program, and a second volume will cover the results for polynitrogen research. The Appendices 2-4 contain copies of a recently awarded U.S. patent for the chemical generation of singlet delta oxygen, an article in the AFRL Technology Horizons magazine, and a journal article from Angewandte Chemie International Edition, respectively. All of the published work was done under DARPA sponsorship.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 2004
Accession Number
ADA428007

Entities

People

  • Angelo J. Alfano
  • Karl O. Christe

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Alkali Metals
  • Chemical Oxygen Iodine Lasers
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Emission Spectra
  • Ground State
  • Hydrogen
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • Oxygen
  • Spectra
  • Spectroscopy

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.