Performance and diagnostic measurements of a supersonic HCl chemical laser
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:5392756
A supersonic purely chemical continuous wave HCl laser is described in which nonequilibrium concentrations of atomic chlorine are generated by the branch-chain reaction of NO with ClO2. The ClO2 is injected into a stream of NO in helium immediately upstream of the throat of a slit nozzle. The reacting gases then expand as a free-jet into a low-pressure region where HI is added to rapidly form vibrationally excited HCl. The maximum HCl multiline output power of 35 W obtained represents a chemical efficiency of approximately 4.5% based on the total exothermicity of the pumping reaction and the limiting flow rate of HI.
- Research Organization:
- Defence Research Establishment Valcartier, Courcelette, Quebec (Canada)
- OSTI ID:
- 5392756
- Report Number(s):
- AD-A-071352
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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