The physical mechanism of nitric oxide formation in simulated lightning

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Oct 2001

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2001georl..28.3867n&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 28, Issue 20, p. 3867-3870

Physics

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Atmospheric Composition And Structure: Chemical Kinetic And Photochemical Properties, Electromagnetics: Plasmas, Meteorology And Atmospheric Dynamics: Atmospheric Electricity, Meteorology And Atmospheric Dynamics: Lightning

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We report an experimental assessment of the contributions of the shockwave and the hot channel to the production of nitric oxide by simulated lightning. Lightning in the laboratory was simulated by a hot plasma generated with a pulsed Nd-YAG laser. The temporal evolution of electric breakdown in air at atmospheric pressure was studied from the nanosecond to the millisecond time scale by shadowgraphy and interferometry techniques. The shock-wave front velocity was determined to be about 60 kms-1 at 20 ns and the temperature behind the shock front was estimated to be about 105K. The production yield of nitric oxide by shock heating is estimated to be: P(NO) (3+/-2)×1014moleculeJ-1. In contrast it was calculated that the production yield of NO by the hot channel is as much as P(NO)=(1.5+/-0.5)×1017moleculeJ-1. To the extent our simulation is an accurate representation of natural lightning, the hot channel is the dominant region for nitrogen fixation.

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