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488
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<TITLE>
a reaction-rate parameter for gasdynamics of a chemically
reacting gas mixture .
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<AUTHOR>
leonard,m.
</AUTHOR>
<BIBLIO>
j.ae.scs. 29, 1962, 995.
</BIBLIO>
<TEXT>
  presented note proposes a linearized reaction rate parameter
which is applicable to any reacting gas mixture provided all the
pertinent reactions and their rate constants are known at the thermodynamic
conditions under consideration .  linearizing is
achieved by expanding equation of rate of chemical reaction in a
taylor series and neglecting higher-order terms .  author announces
that tables of linearized reaction rate parameters for dissociated
and slightly ionized air are now in preparation at the
space sciences laboratory, general electric co., msvo .
  comparison of preliminary results with exact calculations published
by hall, i. g., et.al., /inviscid hypersonic air-flows with
coupled non-equilibrium processes/ (ias paper 62-67, 30th annual
meeting, new york, jan. 1962) indicates good agreement .
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