High-temperature vibrational relaxation and decomposition of shock-heated nitric oxide: II. Nitrogen dilution from 1900 to 8200 K. Streicher, J. W., Krish, A., & Hanson, R. K. Physics of Fluids, 34(11):116123, November, 2022.
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This work investigates the high-temperature vibrational relaxation and decomposition of nitric oxide (NO) diluted in nitrogen (N2) to target the NO–N2 rates relevant to high-temperature air, thereby building off the argon (Ar) experiments investigated in Part I. [J. W. Streicher et al., “High-temperature vibrational relaxation and decomposition of shock-heated nitric oxide. I. Argon dilution from 2200 to 8700 K,” Phys. Fluids 34, 116122 (2022)] Again, two continuous-wave ultraviolet laser diagnostics were used to obtain quantum-state-specific time histories of NO in high-temperature shock-tube experiments, including absorbance (α) in the ground vibrational state of NO, translational/rotational temperature (Ttr), and number density of NO (nNO). The experiments probed mixtures of 2% and 0.4% NO diluted in either pure N2 (NO/N2) or an equal parts N2/Ar mixture (NO/N2/Ar). The NO/N2 experiments spanned initial post-reflected-shock conditions from 1900–7000 K and 0.05–1.14 atm, while the NO/N2/Ar experiments spanned from 1900–8200 K and 0.11–1.52 atm. This work leveraged two vibrational relaxation times from Part I (τVTNO−Ar and τVTNO−NO) and extended measurements to include the vibrational–translational and vibrational–vibrational relaxation times with N2 (τVTNO−N2 and τVVNO−N2). Similarly, this work leveraged the four rate coefficients from Part I (kdNO−Ar, kdNO−NO, kfN2O, and kzNO−O) and extended measurements to include NO dissociation with N2 (kdNO−N2). A few studies have directly inferred these rates from experiments, and the current data differ from common model values. In particular, τVTNO−N2 differs slightly from the Millikan and White correlation, τVVNO−N2 is four times slower than Taylor et al.'s inference, and kdNO−N2 is four times slower than the Park two-temperature model. The unique experimental measurements and dilution in N2 in this study significantly improve the understanding of the vibrational relaxation and decomposition of NO in high-temperature air.
@article{streicher2022,
	title = {High-temperature vibrational relaxation and decomposition of shock-heated nitric oxide: {II}. {Nitrogen} dilution from 1900 to 8200 {K}},
	volume = {34},
	issn = {1070-6631},
	shorttitle = {High-temperature vibrational relaxation and decomposition of shock-heated nitric oxide},
	url = {https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0122787},
	doi = {10.1063/5.0122787},
	abstract = {This work investigates the high-temperature vibrational relaxation and decomposition of nitric oxide (NO) diluted in nitrogen (N2) to target the NO–N2 rates relevant to high-temperature air, thereby building off the argon (Ar) experiments investigated in Part I. [J. W. Streicher et al., “High-temperature vibrational relaxation and decomposition of shock-heated nitric oxide. I. Argon dilution from 2200 to 8700 K,” Phys. Fluids 34, 116122 (2022)] Again, two continuous-wave ultraviolet laser diagnostics were used to obtain quantum-state-specific time histories of NO in high-temperature shock-tube experiments, including absorbance (α) in the ground vibrational state of NO, translational/rotational temperature (Ttr), and number density of NO (nNO). The experiments probed mixtures of 2\% and 0.4\% NO diluted in either pure N2 (NO/N2) or an equal parts N2/Ar mixture (NO/N2/Ar). The NO/N2 experiments spanned initial post-reflected-shock conditions from 1900–7000 K and 0.05–1.14 atm, while the NO/N2/Ar experiments spanned from 1900–8200 K and 0.11–1.52 atm. This work leveraged two vibrational relaxation times from Part I (τVTNO−Ar and τVTNO−NO) and extended measurements to include the vibrational–translational and vibrational–vibrational relaxation times with N2 (τVTNO−N2 and τVVNO−N2). Similarly, this work leveraged the four rate coefficients from Part I (kdNO−Ar, kdNO−NO, kfN2O, and kzNO−O) and extended measurements to include NO dissociation with N2 (kdNO−N2). A few studies have directly inferred these rates from experiments, and the current data differ from common model values. In particular, τVTNO−N2 differs slightly from the Millikan and White correlation, τVVNO−N2 is four times slower than Taylor et al.'s inference, and kdNO−N2 is four times slower than the Park two-temperature model. The unique experimental measurements and dilution in N2 in this study significantly improve the understanding of the vibrational relaxation and decomposition of NO in high-temperature air.},
	number = {11},
	urldate = {2023-08-10},
	journal = {Physics of Fluids},
	author = {Streicher, Jesse W. and Krish, Ajay and Hanson, Ronald K.},
	month = nov,
	year = {2022},
	pages = {116123},
}

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