Vibrational relaxation in very high temperature nitrogenVibrational relaxation of N2 molecules is considered at temperatures up to 40,000 K in gas mixtures that contain electrons as well as heavy collision partners. The theory of vibrational relaxation due to N2-N2 collisions is fit to experimental data to 10,000 K by choice of the shape of the intermolecular potential and size of the collision cross section. These values are then used to extrapolate the theory to 40,000 K.
Document ID
19910034691
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Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Hansen, C. Frederick (JAI Associates, Inc. Mountain View, CA, United States)