Collisional Relaxation of Transient Vibrational Energy Distributions in a Thermal Unimolecular System. The Variable Encounter Method.

Abstract

The Variable Encounter Method is described in detail together with theoretical modes for deconvolution of data. A relation is developed between mean first passage time and 'incubation' time. Application is made to the study of the transient region in vibrational accommodation of cyclopropane-d2 at high temperature surfaces. Collision efficiency declines with rise of temperature. Surface collisions are more efficient than binary gas phase encounters. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 15, 1979
Accession Number
ADA074163

Entities

People

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

Organizations

  • University of Washington

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Chemistry
  • Demography
  • Distribution Functions
  • Energy
  • Energy Transfer
  • Equations
  • Geometry
  • High Temperature
  • Military Research
  • Molecules
  • Probability
  • Relaxation Time
  • Steady State
  • Temperature Gradients
  • Trajectories

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics