Accession Number:

AD0744713

Title:

Study of Microwave Gas Discharge

Descriptive Note:

Final rept. on Phase 2

Corporate Author:

GENERAL ELECTRIC CO PALO ALTO CA MICROWAVE LAB

Personal Author(s):

• Shaw, T. M.
• Milazzo, C.

Report Date:

1960-01-15

Pagination or Media Count:

66.0

Abstract:

A satisfactory correlation was obtained between measurements of the concentration of atomic hydrogen in partially dissociated hydrogen by electron paramagnetic resonance EPR and recombination calorimetric methods. Experimental evidence shows that electrons and excited atoms or molecules with a life time of .01 sec or more may be readily pumped from a hydrogen discharge containing water vapor. Further work will be required to obtain accurate quantitative values of the electron density and collision frequency for a microwave discharge in hydrogen in the power and pressure ranges of interest for atomic hydrogen production.

Descriptors:

• *HYDROGEN
• *GAS DISCHARGES
• ELECTRON DENSITY
• MICROWAVES
• WATER VAPOR
• PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE
• COLORIMETRY
• CONCENTRATION(CHEMISTRY)
• RELAXATION TIME
• ATOMS

Subject Categories:

• Plasma Physics and Magnetohydrodynamics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE