Collisional Efficiency in Vibrational Excitation of HF and DF.

Abstract

The vibrational excitation of HF and DF and the energy transfer efficiencies for various collision partners were investigated over the temperature and pressure ranges of 1400K to 4100K and 0.1 to 0.3 atm, respectively. The extent of excitation was determined as a function of time by continuously monitoring the infrared emission intensity at 4100 plus or minus 200/cm. Collisional efficiencies of H2O, D2O, NO, O, Cl, Br, and I in relaxing HF and of Cl and F in relaxing DF are reported. Atomic species were obtained by dissociation of larger molecules. All data were obtained behind incident shock waves. The mechanism for relaxation was found to depend greatly upon the collision partner considered. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0738296

Entities

People

  • Jay A. Blauer
  • T. W. Owens
  • Wayne C. Solomon

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Collisions
  • Dissociation
  • Efficiency
  • Emission
  • Energy
  • Energy Transfer
  • Excitation
  • Intensity
  • Molecules
  • Monitoring
  • Shock
  • Shock Waves

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Mathematics or Statistics
  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics
  • Quantum spin resonance or Electron Paramagnetic Resonance spectroscopy.