Inelastic and Reactive Collisions of Translationally Excited Molecules.

Abstract

It has been shown that for the prototype system K+HCl = KCl + H, one quantum of vibrational excitation accelerates the reaction about two orders of magnitude, and that translational energy is only about 10 percent as effective as a comparable amount of vibrational energy. The input of an excess of translational energy is shown to decrease the reaction probability.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA050457

Entities

People

  • Philip R. Brooks

Organizations

  • Rice University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Chemical Lasers
  • Chemical Reaction Properties
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Chemistry
  • Collisions
  • Endothermic Reactions
  • Energy
  • Excitation
  • Experimental Data
  • Frequency
  • Ground State
  • Heat Of Activation
  • Lasers
  • Molecular Beams
  • Molecules
  • Scientific Research

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics

Technology Areas

  • Quantum Computing