Accession Number:

AD0745132

Title:

An Interferometric Determination of the Specific Refractivities of the Nitrogen and Oxygen Atoms.

Descriptive Note:

Technical note,

Corporate Author:

TORONTO UNIV (ONTARIO) INST FOR AEROSPACE STUDIES

Personal Author(s):

• Wettlaufer,Dale E.

Report Date:

1972-02-01

Pagination or Media Count:

58.0

Abstract:

The specific refractivities Gladstone-Dale constants for nitrogen and oxygen atoms were determined experimentally using dual-frequency laser interferometry. The data were obtained in a hypersonic shock-tube facility using a Mach-Zehnder interferometer.

Descriptors:

• (*OXYGEN
• REFRACTIVE INDEX)
• (*NITROGEN
• REFRACTIVE INDEX)
• ATOMS
• SHOCK TUBES
• INTERFEROMETERS
• POLARIZATION
• CANADA
• ATMOSPHERE ENTRY

Subject Categories:

• Physical Chemistry

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE