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Carrington, Tucker (1952) Photoelectric Observation of the Rate of Dissociation of Dinitrogen Tetroxide Behind a Shock Wave. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/63P4-AF03. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:10102017-110749047
Abstract
An experimental method has been developed in which a shock wave is used to heat a gas by definite amount in a time short compared to the rate of adjustment of the gas to the new temperature. The rate of attainment of the new thermal equilibrium is then followed photoelectrically. The apparatus described here can be used to study reactions with half times as short as 10-5 seconds.
By this method the rate of dissociation of dinitrogen tetroxide in the presence of a large excess of nitrogen has been studied over a 48 degree temperature range and with an eight fold variation in total pressure. The results indicate that dissociation is a unimolecular reaction, near its second order limit at one atmosphere pressure, and approaching a first order limit at higher pressures.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Dissertation (Ph.D.)) | ||||||
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| Subject Keywords: | (Chemistry and Physics) | ||||||
| Degree Grantor: | California Institute of Technology | ||||||
| Division: | Chemistry and Chemical Engineering | ||||||
| Major Option: | Chemistry | ||||||
| Minor Option: | Physics | ||||||
| Thesis Availability: | Public (worldwide access) | ||||||
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| Defense Date: | 1 January 1952 | ||||||
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| Record Number: | CaltechTHESIS:10102017-110749047 | ||||||
| Persistent URL: | https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:10102017-110749047 | ||||||
| DOI: | 10.7907/63P4-AF03 | ||||||
| Default Usage Policy: | No commercial reproduction, distribution, display or performance rights in this work are provided. | ||||||
| ID Code: | 10498 | ||||||
| Collection: | CaltechTHESIS | ||||||
| Deposited By: | Benjamin Perez | ||||||
| Deposited On: | 10 Oct 2017 18:30 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 10 May 2023 23:12 |
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