Design and testing of axisymmetric nozzles for ion-molecule reaction studies between 20 °K and 160 °K
- 1 May 1985
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Physics of Fluids
- Vol. 28 (5) , 1273-1279
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.865010
Abstract
Axisymmetric contoured Laval nozzles have been calculated in order to obtain uniform supersonic flow. For nitrogen and oxygen gases the calculation uses only similarity techniques, but for helium, complete calculations of the isentropic core and the boundary layer were performed for two sets of boundary conditions. Experimental testing has shown that the nitrogen or oxygen flows exhibit a good uniformity but that the helium flow was uniform only for one set of boundary conditions. The purpose of this work is to provide flow reactors for studies of ion‐molecule reactions in the real temperature range of interstellar clouds (T<80 °K).Keywords
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