CHEMILUMINESCENT MATERIALS
Abstract
Progress toward the development of chemiluminescent systems for application to chemical lighting is reported. A mechanistic study of the chemical processes involved in the oxalyl chloride-hydrogen peroxide-fluorescer chemiluminescent reaction was completed and the mechanism of the reaction is discussed. A preliminary study is reported on the effects of reaction conditions on chemiluminescent intensities, lifetimes, quantum yields and radiation capacities of oxalic anhydride and oxalic ester reactions with hydrogen peroxide in the presence of 9,10-diphenylanthracene. Quantum yields were found to decrease with increasing concentration of the oxalic acid derivatives. A series of sixteen oxalic esters were examined qualitatively for chemiluminescence under a variety of reaction conditions. Superior results were found for esters containing electronegative substituents. Reactions of 5- hydroxytetrazole, octahydroxycyclobutane, and related compounds with hydrogen peroxide in the presence of 9,10-diphenylathracene were not chemiluminescent.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 30, 1965
- Accession Number
- AD0621845
Entities
People
- B. G. Roberts
- L. J. Bollyky
- M. Loy
- M. M. Rauhut
- R. A. Clarke