Hydrogen chloride (HCl) gas is one of the byproducts produced by the Space Shuttle solid-propellant rocket boosters. This report described a nonobtrusive absorption technique to measure concentrations of gaseous HCl for four days following Shuttle launches 41D and 51A at Kennedy Space Center (KSC). The peak concentrations measured near ground level about 400 m from the launch structure were found to be less than 10 ppm averaged over a 500-m path after both launches.
Space Shuttle Hcl (Hydrogen Chloride) Gas Detection
1987
30 pages
Report
No indication
English
Combustion & Ignition , Space Technology , Analytical Chemistry , Hydrogen chloride , Gas analysis , Combustion products , Space shuttles , Absorption , Booster rocket engines , Spectrometers , Data acquisition , Detection , Gases , Launching , Concentration(Chemistry) , Solid propellant rocket engines , Combustion deposits , Diatomic molecules , Chemical bonds , Atmospheric scattering , Air pollution , Molecular vibration , Fourier spectroscopy , Infrared spectroscopy , Fourier transform spectrometer , Launch pad
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