Study of stability of hydromagnetic plasmas and theoretical and experimental investigation of the behavior of ionized gases in a magnetic field under shock conditions /

The chemical kinetics which control the decay of electron density following a nuclear burst are discussed and values are suggested for the rate constants of all reactions of importance in the overall process. An analysis of the chemical kinetics of the normal atmosphere at 100 km is given and those of various nitrogen-containing species at 70 km are analyzed showing the probable importance of N2O. The results to date on the program for the determination of the rate constant of the dissociative recombination of NO(+) are given. The results of the theoretical calculation of the rate constants of the O(+)+O( - )and N(+)+O( - )ion-ion recombination reactions are reviewed. (Author)."December 1967."Includes bibliographical references (page 31).The chemical kinetics which control the decay of electron density following a nuclear burst are discussed and values are suggested for the rate constants of all reactions of importance in the overall process. An analysis of the chemical kinetics of the normal atmosphere at 100 km is given and those of various nitrogen-containing species at 70 km are analyzed showing the probable importance of N2O. The results to date on the program for the determination of the rate constant of the dissociative recombination of NO(+) are given. The results of the theoretical calculation of the rate constants of the O(+)+O( - )and N(+)+O( - )ion-ion recombination reactions are reviewed. (Author).Research supported by Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories, Office of Aerospace Research, United States Air Force; report prepared by Stevens Institute of Technology, Department of Physics, under contract no.Mode of access: Internet