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Title: Infrared chemiluminescence and laser-induced fluorescence studies of energy disposal by reactions of F and Cl atoms with H/sub 2/S (D/sub 2/S), H/sub 2/Se, H/sub 2/O (D/sub 2/O), and CH/sub 3/OH

Journal Article · · J. Phys. Chem.; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/j100402a039· OSTI ID:5497638

The vibrational energy disposal to HF (DF), HCl (DCl), SH (SD), and CH/sub 3/O and relative product formation rate constants were measured for the title reactions. The experiments were done in a fast-flow reactor with infrared emission and laser-induced fluorescence to observe nascent product state distributions for the diatomic hydride products. The CH/sub 3/O vibrational and HF (DF) rotational distributions are partially relaxed, but the nascent distributions for these cases were estimated. Laser-induced fluorescence measurements showed that the SH, SD, and CH/sub 3/O fragments received only 0.02-0.03 of the available energy. The (f/sub v/(HX)) values for group VI (group 16) hydrides, 0.45 (F + H/sub 2/S), 0.44 (F + D/sub 2/S), 0.48 (F + H/sub 2/Se), 0.42 (F + D/sub 2/O), 0.41 (Cl + H/sub 2/Se), and 0.37 (Cl + D/sub 2/S), are similar but distinctly smaller than for F and Cl atom reactions with group IV and VII (group 14 and 17) hydrides. The (f/sub R/(HX)) values, 0.18 (F + H/sub 2/S), 0.19 (F + H/sub 2/Se), and approx. 0.14 (F + D/sub 2/S), are typical for H-abstraction reactions with similar cross sections. The F + H/sub 2/O/D/sub 2/O systems were used to characterize the extent of secondary reactions in the fast-flow reactor. For high reagent concentrations and longer reaction times, S/sub 2/ was observed in the F/Cl + H/sub 2/S systems by LIF.

Research Organization:
Kansas State Univ., Manhattan
OSTI ID:
5497638
Journal Information:
J. Phys. Chem.; (United States), Vol. 90:11
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English