Fast metastable fragments produced by dissociative excitation of carbonyl sulfide

Journal Article · Wed Oct 15 04:00:00 EDT 1975 · J. Chem. Phys., v. 63, no. 8, pp. 3210-3215

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.431810· OSTI ID:4160590

Van Brunt, R J; Mumma, M J

Dissociative excitation of OCS by electron impact has been studied using the method of translational spectroscopy. Time-of-flight distributions and excitation functions of the fast metastable fragments have been measured. The results are compared with similar measurements on CO$sub 2$ and show that a variety of metastable fragments including CO(a $sup 3$Pi), S($sup 5$S), O($sup 5$S) as well as long lived high lying atomic and molecular Rydberg fragments can contribute to dissociation.

• Research Organization: Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics, University of Colorado and National Bureau of Standards, Boulder, Colorado 80302
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• NSA Number: NSA-33-004007
• OSTI ID: 4160590
• Journal Information: J. Chem. Phys., v. 63, no. 8, pp. 3210-3215, Journal Name: J. Chem. Phys., v. 63, no. 8, pp. 3210-3215; ISSN JCPSA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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*CARBON OXIDES-- ELECTRON-MOLECULE COLLISIONS
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TIME-OF-FLIGHT METHOD