title: [Instantaneous emission spectra of epoxypropane in the process of deflagration to detonation transition].
abstract: Using an intensified CCD spectroscopic detector (Princeton Instruments, ICCD PI-Max 1024 RB) which can be gated in as little as 5 ns, the synchronization of the measuring system was controlled by a digital delay generator (Stanford Research Systems, DG535), the DG535 was triggered externally by a lab-made electrical pulse generator which transformed the optical trigger signal to an electrical signal, and the light signal from the end window of an explosion shock tube was delivered by an 1 mm in diameter plastic optical fiber to the entrance slit of the spectrometer (grating of 150 g x mm(-1) , central wavelength of 550 nm). The spectrum measurement of the epoxypropane in the process of deflagration to detonation transition (DDT) was then made. The instantaneous emission spectra of epoxypropane at different time of the DDT process with an exposure time of several microseconds were acquired. Results show that at the beginning of the DDT process, the emitted light was very weak and the line spectra of atoms were observed mainly; in the middle process of the DDT, the emitted light became strong and the spectra observed consisted of line spectra of atoms, band spectra of molecules plus continuous spectrum of the thermal radiation; when the detonation was formed, the emitted light got very strong, and the spectra acquired consisted of both line spectra of atoms and band spectra of molecules superimposed on the strong continuum of the thermal radiation.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Atomic and Molecular Physics, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China.
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Chang-ying
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: Dong
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Jun-chao
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Sun
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zhu-mei
authors.forename: Shi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: Hai-bo
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Xiao