Thermodynamic equilibria in planetary atmospheres
Thermodynamic equilibrium composition calculations on carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen in Earth, Venus, Mars, and Jupiter atmospheres
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Thermodynamic equilibrium composition calculations on carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen in Earth, Venus, Mars, and Jupiter atmospheres
Oxygen reaction with alkaline earth oxides in vacuum and thermoelectric emission
Existence and stability of equilibrium orientations of rigid body with gyrostat in nonuniform gravitational field
Limited mutual solubility of gases above critical point of least volatile component
Characteristic optical density and equilibrium of alkyl-sodium and aromatic hydrocarbons as function of temperature and wavelengths, correlating electron affinity with enthalpy values
Thermodynamic equilibrium composition of all combinations of C, H, O and N at average pressure and temperature calculated for atmospheres of earth, Venus, Mars and Jupiter
Spacecraft-space plasma electric equilibrium, discussing active spacecraft configurations for control
Adsorption equilibrium data obtained at high pressure for methane and propane on silica gel using radioactive tracer pulsing
Optical absorption method to determine arsenic and zinc vapor pressure along liquidus lines in Ga- As-Zn ternary phase diagrams at various temperatures
Prediction method for occurrence and type of gas- gas equilibrium in binary systems
Existence and stability of equilibrium orientations of rigid body with gyrostat in nonuniform gravitational field
Design of dielectrophoretic liquid orientation and expulsion systems for zero gravity environments with maximum electromechanical effects of imposed electric field
Complex chemical equilibrium calculation, analyzing thermodynamic principles and solution to nonlinear equations
Equilibrium orientations of orbiting gyrostats, giving spectrum of solutions for bodies of varied shape and internal rotor angular momentum
Volatile oxygen organic compounds subjected to RF electrodeless discharge, explaining product distribution in terms of reaction sequences
Product distribution of organic nitrogen compounds plasma sources computed by assuming high temperature limited thermodynamic equilibrium
Accurate vapor pressures are determined through direct weight loss measurements using the Knudsen effusion technique. The experimental data are evaluated by establishing the mode of vaporization and determining the heat capacity of cadmium selenide at elevated temperatures. Additional information is obtained through a second- and third-law evaluation of data, namely, the heat of formation and the absolute entropy of cadmium selenide. A preferential loss of selenium during the initial heating of CdSe is observed, which leads to a deviation in stoichiometry.
Simplified models were developed for radiative heating and cooling and for ozone photochemistry in the region 22-60 km. The latter permit the inclusion of nitrogen and hydrogen reactions in addition to simple oxygen reactions. The simplicity of the scheme facilitates the use of a wide variety of cooling and reaction rates. It is shown that joint radiative-photochemical equilibrium is appropriate to the mean state of the atmosphere between 35 and 60 km. The relaxation of perturbations from joint radiative-photochemical equilibrium was also investigated. In all cases the coupling between temperature dependent ozone photochemistry and radiation lead to a reduction of the thermal relaxation time from its purely radiative value. The latter, which amounts to about 10 days, is reduced to 2-4 days at heights of 31-35 km. This greatly enhances the dissipation of waves traveling through the stratosphere.