Abstract
In this study the main objective was to develop and demonstrate a glow discharge microplasma coupled to a miniature spectrometer for detection of fire signatures from pyrolyzing and burning spacecraft materials. Our experimental results demonstrate that combustion-produced carbonaceous aerosols can serve to identify the burning materials. Demonstrating versatility for chemistry analysis, the plasma detector could differentiate carbonaceous aerosols with different C/H ratios and distinguish inorganic samples such as salts and metal oxides from carbonaceous aerosols. In addition, in situ analysis of aerosol samples validated the microplasma's analytical utility by linearity of its optical emission intensity with aerosol elemental composition.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1160-1164 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Combustion and Flame |
| Volume | 159 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Mar 2012 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General Chemistry
- General Chemical Engineering
- Fuel Technology
- Energy Engineering and Power Technology
- General Physics and Astronomy
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