Abstract

Experimental possibilities for studying elementary chemical reactions in detail have expanded quite dramatically in recent years as a result of development of various laser sources with high temporal, spectral, and spatial resolutions. Besides illuminating microscopic details laser spectroscopic methods are especially important for nonintrusive measurements in practical systems in which elementary chemical reactions couple strongly with various transport processes. Data gained from such experiments yield the basis for comparison to detailed mathematical modeling of chemical processes in laminar and turbulent flows including heat and species transport and the influence of walls.

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