Accession Number:

AD0645516

Title:

SIMULATION OF CHEMILUMINESCENT REACTION OF NITRIC OXIDE WITH ATOMIC OXYGEN IN A SUPERSONIC LOW DENSITY WIND TUNNEL, PART 2

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

ARNOLD ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT CENTER ARNOLD AFB TN

Personal Author(s):

• van der Bliek, Jan A.
• Cassanova, Robert A.

Report Date:

1967-01-01

Pagination or Media Count:

28.0

Abstract:

Low density wind tunnel tests were carried out at Mach 2 and 3 to simulate the release of nitric oxide in the upper atmosphere from a sounding rocket. The supersonic flow contained atomic oxygen, and the wall-less chemiluminescent reaction of O with NO was investigated. Reaction rate constants thus obtained were up to 5 orders of magnitude higher than previously obtained laboratory rate constants.

Descriptors:

• *NITROGEN OXIDES
• *OXYGEN
• *UPPER ATMOSPHERE
• CHEMICAL REACTIONS
• CHEMILUMINESCENCE
• DENSITY
• REACTION KINETICS
• SIMULATION
• SOUNDING ROCKETS
• SUPERSONIC WIND TUNNELS

Subject Categories:

• Atmospheric Physics
• Physical Chemistry

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE