Ionization rate simulation data for "Standing Shock Prevents Propagation of Sparks in Supersonic Explosive Flows"

Background This is a set of 3d data containing ionization rates computed from Hyburn hydrodynamic simulations contained in a Matlab .mat file, along with a plot in both .png and Matlab .fig format, and a Matlab script for plotting. This data is used in figure 5 of the paper "Standing Shock Prevents Propagation of Sparks in Supersonic Explosive Flows". Electric sparks and explosive flows have long been associated with each other. Flowing dust particles originate charge through contact and separate based on inertia, resulting in strong electric fields supporting sparks. These sparks can cause explosions in dusty environments, especially those rich in carbon, such as coal mines and grain elevators. Recent observations of explosive events in nature and decompression experiments indicate that supersonic flows of explosions may alter the electrical discharge process. Shocks may suppress parts of the hierarchy of the discharge phenomena, such as leaders. In our decompression experiments, a shock tube ejects a flow of gas and particles into an expansion chamber. We imaged an illuminated plume from the decompression of a mixture of argon and