Measurements of the Dissociation Rate of Molecular Oxygen
Author: Charles J. Schexnayder
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Published: 1961
Total Pages: 28
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe ability of molecular oxygen to absorb light in the Schumann-Runge ultraviolet region of the spectrum has been used to follow the change in concentration of molecular oxygen as a function of time behind shock waves in oxygen and in a mixture of 10-percent oxygen in argon. Analysis of the records obtained yielded values for the dissociation rate of oxygen as a function of temperature over the range 4,000° to 10,000°K. The highest previously reported experimental results in the literature were at 7,500°K.