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Published July 1, 1955 | Published + Reprint
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Vibrational relaxation times of diatomic molecules and rocket performance

Abstract

Computations are presented for the variation of vibrational excitation probabilities with temperature for mixtures of O_2 and N_2, and of HF and H_2. The values of six different excitation probabilities in each mixture are reported for temperatures up to 3000ºK. For each of the probabilities there is a lower temperature limit given, below which the theory of Schwartz, Slawsky, and Herzfeld, which is used here, is not applicable. Using the results for H_2-HF mixtures, we present some considerations which suggest that the expansion through the de Laval nozzle for representative H_2-F_2 rocket motors may be taken as vibrational near-equilibrium flow.

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© 1955 American Institute of Physics. Received October 11, 1954. Online Publication Date: 29 December 2004. Supported by contract with the Office of Naval Research and the Office of Ordnance Research. Presented at the 126th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, New York, New York, September, 1954. This article uses, in part, the results of a thesis submitted by H. C. Penny, Lieutenant, U. S. Navy, in partial fulfillment of requirements for the degree of Aeronautical Engineer, California Institute of Technology, June 1954.

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