Soot volume fraction and particle size measurements with laser-induced incandescence

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 709-717

  Mewes, B ^a   Seitzman, J M ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Combustion diagnostics; Laser induced incandescence; Planar imaging; Soot sizing; Soot volume fraction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000654298     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.000709     Document Type: Article

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