Experimental and modeling study of carbon suboxide decomposition behind reflected shock waves
Abstract
At temperatures between 1150 and 2000 K and pressures between 0.1 and 0.2 MPa, the thermal decomposition of carbon suboxide (C3O2) behind reflected shock waves was investigated with a high-repetition-rate time-of-flight mass spectrometer (HRR-TOF-MS) connected to the end flange of a shock tube enabling rapid repetitive (100 kHz) measurements of the gas-phase composition. Concentration–time profiles for C3O2 and CO were measured and compared to simulations based on an improved mechanism for C3O2