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Experimental study of Non-Equilibrium Dissociation of Molecular Oxygen N.G. Bykova, L.B. Ibraguimova, O.P. Shatalov, Yu.V. Tunik, I.E. Zabelinskii Institute of Mechanics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Michurinsky prospect,1 119192 Moscow, Russia Abstract The quantitative experimental data on the evolution of gas temperature () and vibrational temperature () of molecular oxygen behind the strong shock wave front (T=4000-10800 K) were used for determination of oxygen vibrational relaxation time and dissociation rate constants under thermal nonequilibrium conditions. Some of theoretical models of thermal nonequilibrium dissociation were tested using the measured profiles of the and . 1. Introduction The experimental data on the vibrational temperature molecules during dissociation process are informative characteristic for the analysis of the relationship between the rates of vibrational relaxation and dissociation and for the development of theoretical models of these processes in thermal non-equilibrium conditions. The evident lack of such data has already resulted in a catastrophic increase in the number of models of thermal non-equilibrium dissociation [1]. The method of the vibrational temperature measurement behind the shock front under thermal and chemical nonequilibrium (was described earlier in work [2]. In the present work the profiles of the vibrational temperature and other parameters of gas flow behind the strong shock front were used for determination of oxygen dissociation rate constants and vibrational relaxation time at temperatures up to 10000K. This allows the testing of some theoretical models of thermal nonequilibrium dissociation. 2. Results of the measurements of the vibrational temperature The technique of oxygen vibrational temperature measurement behind the shock front is based on the measurement of oxygen absorption from different vibrational levels and comparison of measured absorption with detailed absorption spectra calcu