Accession Number:

AD0276626

Title:

A SHOCK-TUBE MEASUREMENT OF THE RECOMBINATION RATE OF OXYGEN

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

CORNELL UNIV ITHACA N Y

Personal Author(s):

• WILSON,JACK

Report Date:

1961-07-01

Pagination or Media Count:

1.0

Abstract:

The recombination rate of oxygen was measured in a shock tube. The shock tube is unconventional in that airfoils have been inserted to expand the flow, and a constant-area channel placed behind the airfoils thus the shock tube is effectively a low-expansion-ratio shock tunnel. The gas in the tube is first dissociated and set in motion by the shock wave, then flows through the expansion waves created by the airfoils, and is cooled, and finally enters the constant-area channel, where it recombines. Measurement of the degree of dissociation along the constant area channel enables one to calculate the recombination rate of the oxygen atoms. The measured recombination rate constants are compared with those obtained by reflecting the known dissociation-rate constants through the equilibrium constant. Author

Descriptors:

• *OXYGEN
• *RECOMBINATION REACTIONS
• DENSITY
• DISSOCIATION
• INSTRUMENTATION
• MEASUREMENT
• SHOCK TUBES
• SHOCK WAVES

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Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE