Dissociation of Oxygen in the Upper Atmosphere
- 15 June 1955
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 98 (6) , 1594-1597
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrev.98.1594
Abstract
The molecular oxygen content of the upper atmosphere between 110 and 130 km was determined by measuring the transmission of solar radiation in a narrow wavelength band from 1425 to 1500 A. The radiation was detected by means of an ultraviolet photon counter flown in an Aerobee rocket. At 130 km the concentration of was per cc. On the basis of the Rocket Panel density scale, 12 percent of the atmospheric oxygen was still undissociated.
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