Accession Number:

AD0288148

Title:

NARROW-BAND DETECTOR FOR 1460 A

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

DEPUTY COMMANDER AEROSPACE SYSTEMS INGLEWOOD CALIF

Personal Author(s):

• ZEILENGA,J.H. JR.

Report Date:

1962-09-27

Pagination or Media Count:

1.0

Abstract:

The development is discussed of a narrow-band ultraviolet photometer that can be used to measure neutral molecular oxygen densities in the upper atmosphere. The results of an analysis of a suitable detector are presented which led to the decision to investigate the gas-filled, ionchamber detector. Properties of the materials for the construction of this chamber are given. Sapphire was selected as the window material and mesitylene as the filling gas. The experimental apparatus used, the methods employed, and some calculations which indicate expected output of the mesitylene-sapphire combination are discussed. Author

Descriptors:

• *METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS
• *PHOTOMETERS
• *ULTRAVIOLET DETECTORS
• *UPPER ATMOSPHERE
• DENSITY
• DESIGN
• GASES
• IONIZATION CHAMBERS
• MATERIALS
• MEASUREMENT
• MOLECULAR STRUCTURE
• SAPPHIRE
• SENSITIVITY

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Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE