Abstract
The surface-catalytic recombination of oxygen and nitrogen atoms to form nitric oxide was confirmed by the direct detection of product NO molecules, using single-photon laser-induced fluorescence spectroscopy. Experiments were performed from room temperature to 1200 K in a quartz diffusion-tube sidearm reactor enclosed in a high temperature tube furnace. Atomic nitrogen was generated using a microwave discharge, and atomic oxygen was produced via the rapid gas-phase titration reaction N + NO → O + N2. The use of isotopically labeled titration gases 15N16O and 15N18O allowed for the unambiguous identification of nitric oxide produced by the O + N surface reaction. The absolute number densities of surface-produced NO were determined from separate calibration experiments using 14N16O. Observed variations of the NO number density with temperature and varying O/N atomic ratios at the sidearm entrance are generally consistent with the predictions of a simple reaction-diffusion model of the sidearm reactor that includes surface-catalyzed NO production as a species boundary condition. Copyright © 2010 by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc.
Recommended Citation
D. A. Pejaković et al., "Direct Detection Of NO Produced By High-temperature Surface-catalyzed Atom Recombination," Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 603 - 611, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Jan 2010.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.2514/1.47175
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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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1533-6808; 0887-8722
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Publication Date
01 Jan 2010
