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The use of a shock tube for exploratory studies of high temperature equilibrium and reaction rates. Hydrogen‐deuterium exchange
Author(s) -
Gluckstein Martin E.,
Churchill Stuart W.
Publication year - 1963
Publication title -
aiche journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.958
H-Index - 167
eISSN - 1547-5905
pISSN - 0001-1541
DOI - 10.1002/aic.690090621
Subject(s) - shock tube , shock (circulatory) , citation , thermodynamics , library science , chemistry , operations research , computer science , physics , mathematics , shock wave , medicine
An investigation was made of the possibilities of using a simple shock tube as a tool in the exploratory study of chemical reaction rates and equilibria at high temperatures. The theoretical equilibrium compositions of hydrogendeuterium mixtures at high temperature were confirmed experimentally. Limited overall rate data were determined for the hydrogen-deuterium exchange reaction in the temperature range from 1000 to 3200 deg K. It was concluded that a shock tube can be designed and instrumented to provide precise kinetic data, but the required instrumentation is very expensive. (P.C.H.)