Experimental investigation of the chemistry of excited states of rare gases. Annual technical progress report, October 15, 1976--October 14, 1977 (open access)

Experimental investigation of the chemistry of excited states of rare gases. Annual technical progress report, October 15, 1976--October 14, 1977

Tunable dye laser fluorescence has been combined with the flowing afterglow technique as a method for studying reactive intermediates present in the flowing afterglow. The radiative lifetimes and two-body quenching rate constants (with Ar carrier gas) for the Ar*(3p/sup 5/,4p) and Ar*(3p/sup 5/,5p) excited states were reported in the preceding year. During this year, we have measured the Ar* product states from the two-body quenching. More than 50% of the quenching leads directly to intermultiplet transfer to Ar(4s) states, rather than to intramultiplet cascade down the Ar(4p) manifold. Using this technique we also have studied the Xe(5p/sup 5/,6p') and Xe(5p/sup 5/,7p) excited states and radiative lifetimes, two-body quenching and the product states from quenching have been ascertained. These data should be of value for modeling energy flow pathways of rare gases excited by high energy electrons. A method has been developed for studying the quenching of the XeF(B) and KrF(B) by a variety of reagent molecules. A preliminary account of this work was published (number 5 in the publication list). Much additional experimental work has been done and a definitive study of the electronic quenching of XeF(B) and KrF(B) is in progress. Efforts to interpret (and publish) our comprehensive studies …
Date: January 1978
Creator: Setser, D. W.
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