MECHANISMS FOR THE FORMATION OF IONS IN FLAMES
MECHANISMS FOR THE FORMATION OF IONS IN FLAMES
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DOI:
10.1016/0010-2180(57)90001-9
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发表时间:
1957-01-01
影响因子:
4.4
通讯作者:
CALCOTE, HF
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作者:
CALCOTE, HF
The status of our understanding of the-mechanisms of ion formation in flames is summarized, including not only a review of the literature but also some new proposals on cumulative and chemi-ionization. The high observed concentrations of ions in the combustion zone cannot be accounted for by thermal ionization of impurities, of equilibrium species existing at the flame temperature, or of non-equilibrium species. Ionization of carbon particles may account for the ions in high temperature-rich hydrocarbon flames, but experimental evidence is poor. This explanation is unsatisfactory for flames in lean mixtures. Ionization via translational energy or a simple extension of the high-energy tail of the Boltzmann curve is too slow. The most probable mechanism except for high temperature flames where thermal ionization predominates is cumulative excitation by processes such asCO(1II)+C2(1σ2+)→CO(1σ+)+C2++e−or chemi-ionization by processes such asCO(3II)+C2(1σ2+)→CO(1σ+)+C2++e−The most critical problem in this field is the actual identification of the ion.