GAS EVAPORATION IN-SPACE

被引:3
作者
WADA, N
KATO, M
DOHI, M
SAWAI, S
TANI, M
SENGOKU, M
GOTOH, T
SATO, T
NODA, T
机构
[1] SHIZUOKA INST SCI & TECHNOL, TOYOSAWA 437, JAPAN
[2] AICHI MED UNIV, AICHI 48011, JAPAN
来源
JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 1-REGULAR PAPERS SHORT NOTES & REVIEW PAPERS | 1994年 / 33卷 / 12A期
关键词
GAS EVAPORATION; LOW GRAVITY; SPACE SHUTTLE;
D O I
10.1143/JJAP.33.6648
中图分类号
O59 [应用物理学];
学科分类号
摘要
Silver (Ag) was evaporated in argon (Ar) and xenon (Xe) gases at various pressures in the low-gravity environment aboard the space shuttle. Four glass bulbs with filament tips coated with 50 mg of silver were filled with Ar gas of 6.7 Pa (A) or 40 Pa (B) or Xe gas of 0.67 Pa (C) or 1.33 Pa (D) and ignited one by one in the low gravitational field of space. The evaporation temperatures were maintained at 1150 degrees C at which smoke plumes were barely detectable in all cases in the ground experiment. A ball of smoke particles appeared to grow around the evaporation source instead of rising as it would under earth gravity conditions. No smoke was observed in (A), but it was observed in (B) and (C) and bursts of smoke extended in various directions from the smoke ball in the case of (D). The experiment suggested that vapor could be confined locally around the source with high pressure and temperature by the surrounding gas in the low gravity. This suggestion cannot be derived from any conventional model of evaporation in the gas.
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页码:6648 / 6653
页数:6
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