Carbon monoxide concentrations and temperature measurements in a low pressure CH_4–O_2–NH_3 flame

Abstract
Tunable diode laser spectroscopy was used to study a 1-D low pressure flame; CO and H2O concentration profiles along the flame axis were recorded. These results are compared to previous measurements by mass spectrometry. Three different methods are checked to infer temperature from observed spectra, and the results are compared with measurements by UV absorption spectroscopy on the OH radical.