Monte Carlo Calculations of Reaction Rates H + HF(v) yielding H2(v') + F and H + HF(v) yielding HF(v') + H.

Abstract

A total of 10,000 three-dimenional classical trajectories on a semi-empirical potential energy surface were computed for collisions of H atoms with vibrationally excited HF, chemical effects provide an important mechanism for the efficient relaxation of HF in collision with H, and the deactivation rates are extremely fast. Both theory and experiment indicate that the rate of deactivation of vibrationally excited hydrogen fluoride is amost gas kinetic. Rate coefficients are provided for many reactions that have not been measured experimentally. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 15, 1972
Accession Number
AD0751910

Entities

People

  • Roger L. Wilkins

Organizations

  • The Aerospace Corporation

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Coefficients
  • Collisions
  • Energy
  • Fluorides
  • Hydrogen
  • Intercept Trajectories
  • Potential Energy
  • Trajectories

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics