Integrated Intensity Measurements of the 5.3-μ Fundamental and 2.7-μ Overtone Bands of NO between 1400° and 2400°K

Abstract

Measurements have been made of the total integrated band intensities of the 5.3-μ fundamental and the 2.7-μ first overtone bands of NO in the temperature range 1400° to 2400°K. The NO gas sample was studied at high temperatures using a reflected shock-wave technique. Within the temperature range used in the present experiments, the integrated band intensity of the NO fundamental does not vary. However, the integrated intensity of the first overtone band of NO shows a small temperature dependence. The temperature dependencies of the two bands are in agreement with theoretical temperature dependencies determined assuming a harmonic oscillator approximation to the NO molecule. Using the theoretical temperature dependencies the experimental data have been extrapolated to give values of the integrated intensities α° at STP. The values of α° obtained for the fundamental and first overtone bands of NO are 76±7 cm—2·atm—1 and 2.8±0.5 cm—2·atm—1, respectively.