State of shock: 200-year-old law about gas mixtures called into question
Wednesday, December 11, 2019 - 15:32
in Physics & Chemistry
According to a new study led by a team from The University of New Mexico, centuries-old laws about the behavior of gas mixtures do not apply in the presence of shock waves. This finding could have potential impact on everything that involves mixtures of gases exposed to a shock wave, for example, during combustion in an engine.