27 September 2010 to 1 October 2010
CSIR Convention Centre
Africa/Johannesburg timezone

Towards the all-optical determination of temperatures in invisible plumes by infrared thermography and in-situ IR spectroscopy during the CO2 laser pyrolysis of metallorganic droplets

Not scheduled
CSIR Convention Centre

CSIR Convention Centre

CSIR, Pretoria
Poster Track C - Lasers, Optics and Spectroscopy

Speaker

Dr Bonex Mwakikunga (CSIR National Laser Centre)

Description

We report on the first online observation of invisible plumes in the CO2 laser system by use of a CEDIP Instruments Inc. infrared camera. Examples of movie clips of the flame are presented. We also present results of ingenious experiments on spectroscopy of such flames by means of an RS Series of the BOMEM FTIR employing two types of the Cincinnati Electronics Laboratories IR detectors operating at liquid nitrogen temperature. The spectra show new absorption peaks. Temperatures vs laser power and vs laser wavelength are presented

Primary author

Dr Bonex Mwakikunga (CSIR National Laser Centre)

Co-authors

Prof. Andrew Forbes (CSIR National Laser Centre) Mr Azwitamisi Mudau (CSIR Defense Peace Safety and Security) Prof. Elias Sideras-Haddad (University of the Witwatersrand) Mr Lerato Shikwambana (CSIR National Laser Centre) Mr Malcolm Govender (CSIR National Laser Centre) Mr N Williers (CSIR Defense Peace Safety and Security)

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