Collisional Relaxation of Non-Equilibrium Vibrational Energy Distributions in a Thermal Unimolecular System. Surface Collisions.

Abstract

Measurements are made for the first time (on cyclopropane) of the dynamics of collisional relaxation of vibrational distributions of reacting molecules at high energies, and at high temperatures. This is the same as the determination of the mean first passage time tau of molecules with respect to an absorbing barrier. A simple technqiue, called the Variable Encounter Method has been devised for this purpose. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 15, 1979
Accession Number
ADA066707

Entities

People

  • B. D. Barton
  • Benton Seymour Rabinovitch
  • D. F. Kelley
  • L. Zalotai

Organizations

  • University of Washington

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemical Reactions
  • Chemistry
  • Collisions
  • Cyclic Hydrocarbons
  • Cyclopropanes
  • Energy
  • Energy Transfer
  • Gas Chromatography
  • High Energy
  • High Temperature
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • Molecules
  • Polyatomic Molecules
  • Silica Glass
  • Steady State
  • United States Government

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics
  • Systems Analysis and Design