24-10-2012, 11:23 AM
Volume 1: The Solid-Gas Singlet Delta Oxygen Generator
ABSTRACT
The recently completed research program at the Air Force Research Laboratory, Edwards AFB Site, had as its goals for
the component dealing with solid-gas generation of singlet delta oxygen: a) construction of a Raman diagnostic system for
the simultaneous measurement of excited and ground state oxygen in gas-solid reactions between solid peroxides and
hydrogen halides or chlorine gas, b) exploration of alternate singlet delta oxygen sources, and c) technical chemistry support
to a parallel engineering effort at Boeing. This technical report summarizes the results which were obtained during this
program, and a second volume will cover the results for polynitrogen research. The Appendices 2-4 contain copies of a
recently awarded U.S. patent for the chemical generation of singlet delta oxygen, an article in the AFRL Technology Horizons
magazine, and a journal article from Angewandte Chemie International Edition, respectively. All of the published work was
done under DARPA sponsorship.
ABSTRACT
The recently completed research program at the Air Force Research Laboratory, Edwards AFB Site, had as its goals for
the component dealing with solid-gas generation of singlet delta oxygen: a) construction of a Raman diagnostic system for
the simultaneous measurement of excited and ground state oxygen in gas-solid reactions between solid peroxides and
hydrogen halides or chlorine gas, b) exploration of alternate singlet delta oxygen sources, and c) technical chemistry support
to a parallel engineering effort at Boeing. This technical report summarizes the results which were obtained during this
program, and a second volume will cover the results for polynitrogen research. The Appendices 2-4 contain copies of a
recently awarded U.S. patent for the chemical generation of singlet delta oxygen, an article in the AFRL Technology Horizons
magazine, and a journal article from Angewandte Chemie International Edition, respectively. All of the published work was
done under DARPA sponsorship.