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This research aims to analyze the reaction profiles that develop behind strong shock waves in air under various conditions.

Calculation of Reaction Profiles behind Steady State Shock Waves. II. The Dissociation of Air

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Randomized trial investigates dissociation reactions in air, highlighting characteristics of shock wave behavior.

This research aims to analyze the reaction profiles that develop behind strong shock waves in air under various conditions.
Numerical integration procedure used to study reaction profiles at Mach numbers from 8 to 15.
Initial conditions were set at 300°K with pressures of 1 and 10 mm Hg.
Considered multiple dissociation and shuffle reactions without including ionization.
For Mach numbers above 10, a pronounced maximum in NO concentration was observed.
Rates of change in concentrations for all species except O2 changed sign under specific conditions.
Vibrational excitation effects showed limited influence on reaction profiles at Ms=15.

Duff et al. (1959) studied this question.

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