Abstract To analyze the catalytic properties of heat shield materials of space vehicles, the cluster models of the adsorption of oxygen atoms on aluminum oxide are constructed and the corresponding potential energy surface is calculated on the basis of the density functional theory. Quantum-mechanical calculations showed that it is necessary to take into account the relaxation of the surface monolayers. Using this surface in molecular dynamics, calculations made it possible to obtain the probabilities of the heterogeneous recombination of oxygen atoms on the α-Al2O3 surface, which are in good agreement with experimental data. The calculations performed substantially decrease the amount of experimental investigations necessary reliably to describe the heterogeneous catalysis on promising reusable heat shield coatings for analyzing heat transfer during spacecraft entry into the atmosphere.


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    Title :

    Analysis of heterogeneous recombination of oxygen atoms on aluminum oxide by methods of quantum mechanics and classical dynamics



    Published in:

    Acta Astronautica ; 68 , 7-8 ; 686-690


    Publication date :

    2010-10-08


    Size :

    5 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English





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