Chemical Kinetic Analysis of Rocket Exhaust Temperature Measurements

5 There is a considerable difference between the values of rate con- stants which these two groups fouod best to fit their respec- tive experimental data The differences in rate constants, under some conditions, lead to significant differences in pre- dicted exhaust conditions During the past few years, a technique of studying the infrared emissivities of gases, using a small rocket motor with a contoured nozzle to generate the hot gases, has been de- veloped by Ferriso and his co-workers 6 7