Masshyphen;Spectral Studies of Kinetics behind Shock Waves. III. Thermal Dissociation of Fluorine

摘要

The thermal dissociation of molecular fluorine in an inert gas was investigated over the temperature range 1650deg;mdash;2700deg;K in a shock tube coupled to a timehyphen;ofhyphen;flight mass spectrometer. Rate constants were determined from both fluorine molecule and atom analysis in mixtures containing 1 F2or less. The results are compared with the results for other diatomic molecules and the variations discussed.A simple correlation between the orifice flow parameters and the experimental spectra is presented along with some information concerning the rather elusive boundary layer.