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Title: Energy partitioning in elementary gas phase reactions: Progress report, March 1, 1986--August 31, 1988

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6701852

During the last 2 1/2 years we: (1) Measured the cross sections of the reactions (H + D/sub 2/ = HD + D, H + HD = H/sub 2/ + D) as a function of relative translational energy in the range 1 to 3 eV. (2) Measured the cross sections and translational energy release in exchange reactions with 1.1 eV H atoms (H + DCCD = D + HCCD, H + CH/sub 3/CCD = CH/sub 3/CCH + D, H + C/sub 2/D/sub 4/ = C/sub 2/D/sub 3/H + D, H + CD/sub 3/CDCD/sub 2/ = CD/sub 3/CDCDH + D). (3) Starting with fairly monoenergetic 2.5 eV H atoms the evolution of their velocity distribution was studied as a function of pressure of the rare gases, O/sub 2/ and N/sub 2/. (4) Measured the rate of dissociation of monoenergetically excited methylaromatics into benzyl radicals and hydrogen atoms and also kinetic energy distribution of the latter. (5) In a series of studies on HN/sub 3/ and NH(a/sup 1//Delta/) it was found (a) the quantum yield at 248 nm of the reaction HNNN + h/nu/ = H + NNN is 0.38; (b) the translational energy release and rate constant were measured for the reaction NH(a) + D/sub 2/ = NHD + D; and (c) in the quenching process NH(a/sup 1//Delta/) + Xe = NH(X/sup 3//Sigma/) + Xe the energy release is almost entirely into translation. (6) Measured the state distribution of the CN product of reactions (H + HCN = H/sub 2/ + CN, F + HCN = HF + CN, H + ClCN = HCl + CN, and the isotopic ratio of the reaction CN + HD = H(D) + HCN(DCN)). (7) Measured the state distribution of the CN radicals dissociated from phenyl cyanide and phenyl isocyanide at 193 nm. (8) Measured the hydrogen atom kinetic energy and isotope effects in the dissociation of methanol excited by light or by a chemical reaction. 12 refs., 3 figs.

Research Organization:
Columbia Univ., New York (USA). Dept. of Chemistry
DOE Contract Number:
FG02-86ER13492
OSTI ID:
6701852
Report Number(s):
DOE/ER/13492-1; ON: DE89003799
Resource Relation:
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Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English