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Title: Reactions of ''hot'' hydrogen atoms in the HBr--C/sub 2/H/sub 4/ system. I. Photolysis with light of wavelengths 2537 and 1849 A

Journal Article · · High Energy Chem. (USSR) (Engl. Transl.); (United States)
OSTI ID:7276513

A study of the reactions of H atoms in the energy range 1-2.9 eV in the HBr--C/sub 2/H/sub 4/ system is described. These reactions deserve special attention: Firstly, the value is known of the cross section for hydrogen abstraction by H atoms from HBr in the energy range 0.3-1.7 eV (sigma/sub H + HBr/ = 1.6 +- 0.3 A/sup 2/ (5)); secondly, since the absorption spectrum of hydrogen bromide extends quite far into the vacuum ultraviolet region then, using the photolysis of HBr, it is possible to follow within a single system the change in reactivity of the particles over a wide energy range; thirdly, unlike systems with saturated molecules, in the HBr--C/sub 2/H/sub 4/ system that are juxtaposed the rates of two exothermic processes with similar activation energies but with significantly different preexponential factors.

Research Organization:
Inst. of Chemical Physics, Moscow
OSTI ID:
7276513
Journal Information:
High Energy Chem. (USSR) (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Vol. 9:5; Other Information: Translated from Khim. Vys. Energ.; 9: No. 5, 475-477(1975)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English