Vibrational Energy Exchange Between H2(V=1) and D2, N2, HCl, and CO2.

Abstract

The vibrational relaxation of H2(v = 1) by D2, N2 HCl, and CO2 was studied at 295 K by a laser-induced fluorescence technique. HF added in small quantities to the gas mixtures and vibrationally excited by a pulsed HF TEA laser produced H2(v = 1) by V-V transfer; HF also served as the tracer for H2(v = 1). The results were interpreted to be primarily V-V rates. The data for D2 and N2 were correlated with the V-V exchange probabilities for other diatom-diatom collisions by the parameter micrometer (1/2) delta E, where micrometer is the reduced mass of the collision partners and delta E the energy mismatch. This parameter also correlates V-V exchange probabilities for CO2-diatom collisions. A separate correlation of V-V exchange probabilities for hydrogen halide-homonuclear diatom collisions was obtained by plotting the probabilities versus delta E/h nu.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADA031213

Entities

People

  • Jerry F. Bott

Organizations

  • The Aerospace Corporation

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Collisions
  • Energy
  • Energy Transfer
  • Fluorescence
  • Hydrogen
  • Laser Induced Fluorescence
  • Lasers
  • Micrometers
  • Plotting
  • Probability
  • Tea Lasers
  • Vibrational Relaxation

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Analytical Mechanics
  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Lasers
  • Directed Energy - Pulsed-Laser Deposition