INVESTIGATION OF THE DISSOCIATION CHEMISTRY OF -NF2 COMPOUNDS.

Abstract

The work of the past quarter consisted primarily of attempts to modify the flash photolysis apparatus for use in the vacuum UV. The primary difficulty was in obtaining an intense enough source flash for this region of the spectra. Some preliminary investigations of the emission spectra produced by an electrical discharge through flowing NF3 and N2F4 were made in a search for the emission spectrum of NF. The spectra produced in both cases were identical and consisted primarily of NO, N, and F bands. No features attributable to NF were observed. The emissions produced are characteristic of the final decomposition products rather than intermediate fragments. Preparations are being made to search for emission of short-lived intermediate fragments in the electrically dissociated gases by exciting them with a capacitor discharge through the sample cell. Equipment is being developed for flash photolysis of N2F4 and NF3 in the fast-reaction cell of the time-offlight mass spectrometer. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 03, 1964
Accession Number
AD0430758

Entities

People

  • H. P. Woods
  • P. L. Goodfriend
  • U. V. Henderson

Organizations

  • Texaco

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemistry
  • Communication Equipment
  • Decomposition
  • Dissociation
  • Emission
  • Emission Spectra
  • F Band
  • Mass Spectrometers
  • Photolysis
  • Spectra
  • Spectrometers

Readers

  • Chemistry (specifically Chemical Fluorescence)
  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.
  • Plasma Physics.