Spectra and Spectrographic Measurements in Detonation

Detonation (and Explosion), Spectra and Spectrographic Measurements in. Studies have been made for determination of spectra produced by flames,shock waves and detonation waves and spectrographic measurements have been made for approximate determination of temperature developed on detonation (or explosion). We call this temperature of detonation, while the term detonation temperature we reserve for the temperature required to cause a detonation  

Various spectrographic methods are described in Refs. Harris (Ref 4) recommended an image-orthicon spectrograph and an image-converter spectrograph, 

Dunkle (Refs 7 11) and Cook (Ref 8) mentioned several methods and listed refs Refs 1) J.G. Fox, Spectrographic Measurement of Detonation Temperature , 

Gilstein, A Study of Techniques for the Measurement of Detonation Spectra and 

Temperatures , FinalRept, Research Division of NY Univ, Contract DA O-069-ORD-945, May 1953 4) F.S. Harris 

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