Experimental study of chemiluminescence in UV and VIS range at hydrogen-oxygen mixtures ignition

Abstract

The nonequilibrium radiation in the spectral range of 210-415 nm at ignition of a 10% stoichiometric hydrogen-oxygen mixture with additives of combustion inhibitors diluted with argon behind shock waves was registered. The detected chemiluminescence is presumably attributed to electronically excited H2O* and H2O2 *. Instead of the expected quenching of excited radicals and molecules in the ignition zone, with the addition of halogenated hydrocarbons inhibitors, the increase of radiation, particularly in the range of 330-415 nm, was observed. The possible reasons of this phenomenon are discussed.