Infrared emission from the reaction of orbital velocity atomic oxygen with hydrocarbon materials

Karl W. Holtzclaw; Mark E. Fraser; Alan H. Gelb

doi:10.1117/12.22616

1 November 1990 Infrared emission from the reaction of orbital velocity atomic oxygen with hydrocarbon materials

Karl W. Holtzclaw, Mark E. Fraser, Alan H. Gelb

Proceedings Volume 1329, Optical System Contamination: Effects, Measurement, Control II; (1990) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.22616
Event: 34th Annual International Technical Symposium on Optical and Optoelectronic Applied Science and Engineering, 1990, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

A fast atomic oxygen source has been used to bombard samples of the hydrocarbon materials graphite and polyethylene. Infrared fluorescence is readily observed above both surfaces that is consistent with the expected primary combustion products CO C02 and OH. Emitter production efficiencies (defined as the ratio of emitters to incident 0atoms) for both materials have been estimated from the observed radiation intensities. These are 4O2 for CO and for CO2 for both samples and ''iO2 for OH for polyethylene. 1.

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Karl W. Holtzclaw, Mark E. Fraser, and Alan H. Gelb "Infrared emission from the reaction of orbital velocity atomic oxygen with hydrocarbon materials", Proc. SPIE 1329, Optical System Contamination: Effects, Measurement, Control II, (1 November 1990); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.22616

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