Research Publications

Richard T. Meyer, Ph.D.

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS
(1960 - 1975)

1. "The Vapor Pressure of Nickel Fluoride, " J. Phys. Chem. 62, 883 (1958), (with M. Farber and J. L. Margrave).

2. "Dipole Moment of the OH Radical from the Stark Effect of its Microwave Spectrum," J. Chem. Phys. 34, 1074 (1961), (with
R. J. Myers, Jr.).

3. "Preliminary Study of a Microwave-Excited Flash Discharge Apparatus," SCTM 296-62(51), December 1962 (with J. T. McIllmoyl).

4. "An Improved Oscillographic Camera Technique for Time Resolved Mass Spectrometer Data Recording," SC-R-64-185, July 1964, Paper presented at 11th Annual Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Applied Topics, San Francisco, California, May 1963.

5. "Increased Photographic Sensitivity for Time Resolved Mass Spectrometer Data Recording," Rev. Sci. Instr. 35, 1064 (1964).

6. "Synchronization of a Flash Lamp and Mass Spectrometer Apparatus for Fast Reaction Studies," SC-RR-65-185, May 1965, (with J. M. Freese).

7. "Time Resolved Mass Spectrometry with the Bendix TOF Mass Spectrometer," SC-R-65-956, July 1965, Paper presented at 13th Annual Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Applied Topics, St. Louis, MO., May 1965, (with J. M. Freese).

8. "Isotope Identification and Analysis by Mass Spectrometry: Application to Unexpected Nuclear Detonation Identification System (UNDIS) (U)," SC-WD-65-408, August 1965.

9. "Gas Phase Flash Photolysis Studies by Time Resolved Mass Spectrometry," SC-TM-65-493, September 1965.

10. "Flash Photolysis and Time Resolved Mass Spectrometry: Decomposition of Methyl Iodide," SC-TM-65-581, October 1965.

11. "Flash Photolysis and Time Resolved Mass Spectrometry: Detection of the Hydroxyl Radical in the Nitrogen Dioxide Sensitized Reaction of Hydrogen and Oxygen," SC-TM-66-236, April 1966.

12. "Computer Data Processing for Time Resolved Mass Spectrometry," SC-R-66-928, August 1966, (with C. E. Olson and R. R. Berlint), Paper presented at 14th Annual Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Applied Topics, Dallas, Texas, May 1966.

13. "A Research Proposal for the Study of High Temperature Kinetics and Thermodynamics of Heterogeneous Processes in Refractory Materials," SC-TM-66-662, October 1966.

14. "Safety Aspects of Intact Earth Recovery of SNAP Capsules," SC-TM-66-2649, November 1966, (with J. Yguerabide).

15. "Flash Photolysis and Time Resolved Mass Spectrometry: Reaction of Excited Iodine," I(2P1/2) Atoms in the Decomposition of Methyl Iodide," SC-RR-66-669, December 1966.

16. "Flash Photolysis and Time Resolved Mass Spectrometry. I. Detection of the Hydroxyl Radical," J. Chem. Phys. 46, 967 (1967).

17. "Reaction of Excited Iodine Atoms I(2P1/2) in the Flash Photolysis of Methyl Iodide," J. Chem. Phys. 46, 4146 (1967).

18. "Apparatus for Flash Photolysis and Time Resolved Mass Spectrometry," J. Sci. Instrum. 44, 442 (1967).

19. "Applications of Time Resolved Mass Spectrometry to Problems in High Temperature Chemistry," Mass Spectrometry in Inorganic Chemistry, ed. by J. L. Margrave. (American Chemical Society, Washington, D.C., 1968); SC-RR-67-760, August 1967, (with
L. L. Ames).

20. "Mass Spectrometric Detection of Nitrogen in Sacs Formed by the Combustion of Zirconium Droplets," SC-RR-67-857, October 1967, (with L. S. Nelson).

21. "Flash Photolysis Reactions," The Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer, edited by D. Price and J. E. Williams, (Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1969); SC-DC-67-2301, October 1967, (with
D. Price).

22. "Fast Recording Techniques for Time Resolved Mass Spectrometry," The Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer, edited by D. Price and J. E. Williams, (Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1969); SC-DC-68-2020, January 1968.

23. "Survey of Air Pollution Chemistry and Mass Spectrometry,"
SC-TM-68-145, February 1968.

24. "Flash Photolyzed Reactions Monitored by Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry," SC-RR-68-162, April 1968.

25. "Flash Photolysis and Time Resolved Mass Spectrometry. II. Decomposition of Methyl Iodide and Reactivity of I(2P1/2) Atoms," J. Phys. Chem. 72, 1583 (1968).

26. "Mass Spectrometry Applications," SC-TM-68-413, June 1968.

27. "Comments on Flash Photolysis and Time Resolved Mass Spectrometry," SC-M-68-125, June 1968.

28. "A Reaction Vessel for Flash Photolysis and Time Resolved Mass Spectrometry," SC-DC-68-2365, June 1968, Rev. Sci. Instr. 39, 1764 (1968), (with J. M. Freese).

29. Classified Title, SC-TM-68-440, RS 5234/379, June 1968, (with H. S. Levine, L. S. Nelson, and R. A. Sallach).

30. "The Role of Nitrogen in the Formation of Microbubbles During the Explosive Combustion of Zirconium Droplets in N2/02 Mixtures," (with L. S. Nelson), High Temp. Sci. 2, 35-57 (1970), SC-R-70-4171.

31. "High Temperature Permeation of Zirconia Microspheres by Nitrogen and Oxygen," SC-RR-69-160, March 1969, (with H. S. Levine).

32. "Mass Spectrometric Studies of Nitrogen Evolution from Prenitrided Zirconium Droplets Burned in Pure Oxygen," (with W. G. Breiland), High Temp. Sci. 2, 286 (1970), SC-R-70-4266.

33. "Time Resolved Mass Analysis of Ejecta from a Pulsed Neutron Generator Ion Rod," SC-TM-69-863, (with J. M. Freese), December 1969. (Confidential).

34. "Improved Sensitivity for Time Resolved Mass Spectrometric Studies of Metal Vaporation," SC-TM-70-610, (with J. M. Freese and A. W. Lynch), September 1970.

35. "Effects of Sublimation Energy on Impulse and Mass Removal for Carbon" (U), SC-RR-71 0157A (RS 3150/2208), September 1971, (with J. M. Freese and A. W. Lynch).

36. "Effect of Vapor Composition, Contaminant Vaporization and Chemical Reactions on the Effective Sublimation Energy of Carbon," Proc. of Front Surface Physics Meeting, Technical Report No. AFWL-TR-71-69, Vol. 11, AFWL, KAFB, N. Mex., 1971.

37. "An Explosively Actuated Chemical Reactor for Gas Injection and High Vacuum Applications in NTS Experiments," (U); SC-DR-71 0728 (CFRD), 11/71, (with A. W. Lynch and J. M. Freese).

38. "Nitrogen Thermochemistry During the Combustion of Zirconium Droplets in N2/02 Mixtures," High Temp. Sci., Vol. 4, 255 (1972); (with W. G. Breiland).

39. "On the Mechanism of Particle Emission from Graphites During Pulsed Laser Heating," High Temp. Sci., Vol. 4, 283 (1972), (with A. W. Lynch).

40. "An Explosively Actuated Reaction Vessel for Gas Injection and High Vacuum Applications in Pulsed Energy Experiments," Nuclear Instruments and Methods, 106, 605 (1973), (with A. W. Lynch and J. M. Freese); also SC-RR-72-0653, September 1972.

41. "Effects of Adsorbed and Residual Volatile compounds on Impulse from Carbonaceous Materials" (U), SC-DR-72 0441, October 1972, (with Lieberman, Smith, and Carlson).

42. "Effects of Residual Hydrocarbons on Impulse from Carbonaceous Materials" (U), SC-DR-72 0835, November 1972, (with G. Carlson).

43. "Optimization of Mass Spectrometer Ion Yields by Electron Energy Selection and Cryogenic Trapping of Contaminants for the Pulse Heated Vaporization of Metal Atoms," Anal. Chem. 45, 1438 (1973).

44. "Reevaluation of Carbon Vapor Pressures and Third Law Heats of Sublimation: Triatomic Carbon," High Temp. Sci. 5, (1973).

45. "Vapor Composition and Chemical Reactions of Carbon Atoms and Molecules from Laser Heated Graphite and Tantalum Carbide," J. Phys. Chem. 77, 1083 (1973), (with A. W. Lynch and J. M. Freese); also SLA-73-0057, February 1973.

46. "Residual Hydrocarbon and Hydrogen Contents of Carbons and Graphites," Carbon, 11, (1973); (with Lynch, Freese, Smith, Imprescia).

47. "Flash Photolysis and Time Resolved Mass Spectrometry: III Termolecular and Surface Recombinations of Ground State Iodine Atoms," J. Phys. Chem. 78, No. 9, (1974).

48. "Reaction of Excited Iodine Atoms with Methyl Iodine: Rate Constant Determinations," J. Chem. Phys., (with D. Haaland).

49. "Ejection of Molten Metal Impurities from a Pyrolytic Graphite Sample Heated with Pulsed Laser," SLA-73-0220, April 1973, (with Lynch, Guthrie, Knox, and White).