Energy Partitioning and Assignment of Excited States in the Ultraviolet Photolysis of HI and DI,

Abstract

Photofragment spectroscopy has been applied to the photolysis of hydrogen iodide and deuterium iodide at 37 550/cm (266.2 nm). The extent of excited I(doublet P(1/2)) atom production and the symmetry of the excited molecular states leading to dissociation are derived by measuring the translational energy and angular distributions of the recoiling H and D atoms. A non-linear curve fitting technique is applied to the available data to separate each state's contribution to the total continuum absorption, and to provide estimates of the shape of each excited state potential energy curve.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1974
Accession Number
ADA002227

Entities

People

  • Kent R. Wilson
  • Robert D. Clear
  • Stephen J. Riley

Organizations

  • University of California, San Diego

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorption
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Curve Fitting
  • Decomposition
  • Deuterium
  • Dissociation
  • Energy
  • Hydrogen
  • Photofragment Spectroscopy
  • Photolysis
  • Potential Energy
  • Production
  • Spectroscopy
  • Symmetry

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics