Thermically nonequilibrium ionization in a Co/sub 2/:N/sub 2/:He mixture

Journal Article · Tue Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1988 · J. Eng. Phys. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)

OSTI ID:6332571

Krauklis, A V; Samtsov, P P; Soloukhin, R I; Fomin, N A

We give the results of research on the influence of carbon dioxide on the electron density in a supersonic stream of vibrationally excited nitrogen. We give the results of measurements of n/sub e/ in a CO/sub 2/:N/sub 2/:He laser mixture heated in a shock tube and expanding in a supersonic nozzle, as well as in a stream formed by supersonic mixing of N/sub 2/ and a CO/sub 2/ + He mixture. Measurements of electron density in the forechamber of a supersonic nozzle are reported and questions connected with the processes responsible for nonequilibrium ionization in laser-active media are discussed.

• Research Organization: A.V. Lykov Institute of Heat and Mass Transfer, Minsk (USSR)
• OSTI ID: 6332571
• Journal Information: J. Eng. Phys. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Journal Name: J. Eng. Phys. (Engl. Transl.); (United States) Vol. 53:3; ISSN JEPHA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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42 ENGINEERING
420300* -- Engineering-- Lasers-- (-1989)
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBON DIOXIDE
CARBON OXIDES
CHALCOGENIDES
DISPERSIONS
ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY
ELECTRIC DISCHARGES
ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES
ELECTRON DENSITY
ELEMENTS
FLUID FLOW
FLUIDS
GAS FLOW
GASES
GLOW DISCHARGES
HELIUM
IONIZATION
LASER MATERIALS
MATERIALS
MIXTURES
NITROGEN
NON-EQUILIBRIUM PLASMA
NONMETALS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
PLASMA
RARE GASES
SHOCK TUBES
SUPERSONIC FLOW