We report the development of a novel method of measuring the concentration of chemical species in the subsurface layers of solid propellant burning, using probes made of flattened silver halide optical fibers, which had been preembedded in a burning solid propellant. These probes made it possible to perform high-resolution infrared absorption measurements in the narrow region of the evanescent field of the infrared near the probes. The resolution is in the order of the wavelength λ . Measurements at a wavelength of λ = 4.5    μ m revealed the profile of N 2 O gas emitted in the preheated zone, before the flame front. Other gases can be detected by measurements at different wavelengths. The demonstrated technique can aid the modeling and simulation of combustion thermochemistry.


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    Title :

    Fiber-Optic Evanescent Wave Spectroscopy of Subsurface Layers of Solid Propellant Combustion


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    Publication date :

    2016-09-01




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English





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