Temperature Dependence of V-V and V-R, T Energy Transfer Measurements in Mixtures Containing HF.

Abstract

A pulsed HF chemical laser has been used to excite HF molecules to their first vibrational level. The decay times of the infrared fluorescence from HF(v=1) have been used to determine the rate coefficients for energy transfer from HF to various collision partners including H2, D2, N2, O2, DF, HCl, CO2, NO, CO, and HBr. The experiments were performed at temperatures from 450 to 1000K for most of the molecules, as well as at 295K. The room-temperature probabilities of energy transfer from HF to the various molecules plotted versus energy mismatch fell along two distinct lines: one for homonuclear and one for heteronuclear molecules. The room-temperature relaxation rates of HF in the presence of the various molecules were measured. (Modified author abstract)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 31, 1973
Accession Number
AD0765183

Entities

People

  • Jerry F. Bott
  • Norman Cohen

Organizations

  • The Aerospace Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Chemical Lasers
  • Coefficients
  • Collisions
  • Energy
  • Energy Transfer
  • Fluorescence
  • Lasers
  • Measurement
  • Molecules
  • Probability

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Lasers