INVESTIGATION OF WATER-SOLUBLE CHEMILUMINESCENT MATERIALS

The feasibility of water-initiated peroxyoxalate chemiluminescence has been established. A mixture of Rhodamine B, a sulfonamido substituted dichlorophenyl oxalate and a solid hydrogen peroxide source, sodium perborate, provides emission for about 15 minutes on contact with water. Structural criteria for optimum water-soluble oxalate esters and fluorescers have been obtained. The feasibility of a rain-activated chemiluminescent highway strip is now established.

• Corporate Authors:

  American Cyanamid Company

  Chemical Research Division
  Bound Brook, NJ  United States  08805

  Goddard Space Flight Center

  National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  Greenbelt, MD  United States  20770

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Mohan, A G
  • Dulina, R G
  • Doering, A A
• Publication Date: 1976-12

Media Info

• Pagination: 67 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Chemical reactions; Chemiluminescence; Economic efficiency; Esters; Feasibility analysis; Fluorescence; Hydrogen; Hydrogen peroxide; Molecular structure; Organic salts; Performance evaluations; Sodium; Solubility; Synthesis (Chemistry); Water
• Uncontrolled Terms: Efficiency
• Old TRIS Terms: Oxalates; Peroxides
• Subject Areas: Economics; Geotechnology; Highways; Materials; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00167276
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-RD-77- 79 Final Rpt., 528-6002-F
• Contract Numbers: NAS5-22303
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Nov 23 1978 12:00AM