Flame propagation in mixtures of monogermane and oxygen. II. Peculiarities of flame propagation and the structure of combustion waves

Abstract

Different flame propagation regimes, including a two-wave regime, are studied in a closed pipe with single ignition of GeH4−O2 mixtures. It is shown that, depending on the initial conditions and, in particular, on the composition of the initial mixtures, spatially separated chemical reaction waves for oxidation and decomposition of monogermane are observed in certain parts of the reaction vessel which lead to the formation of a two-layer deposit of GeO/Ge. The temporal sequence of the separated combustion wave and wave from which layers of solid products are deposited, as well as the location of the deposition zones in the reaction vessel, are determined by two interacting chain processes—the oxidation and decomposition of monogermane. The thermal relaxation kinetics of the reactive mixture after passage of the combustion waves is determined by the rate of conductive heat transfer from heated solid particles (reaction products) to the gaseous phase.