New versatile apparatus for relaxation kinetics with shock waves

Article abstract of DOI:10.1002/bbpc.19890931209

A new shock wave apparatus uses the discharge of a high voltage capacitor through an organic electrolyte to generate rectangular pressure pulses of typically 8 MPa amplitude and 80 μsec duration. The apparatus permits the study of fast reactions with relaxation times between a few microseconds and about fifty microseconds in any solvent. Measurements on proton transfer reactions in acetonitrile and water are reported.