Study of Vibrational Energy Transfer at a Liquid Tin Surface.

Abstract

Single collision vibrational energy transfer for a canonical ensemble (T=300K) of cyclobutene molecules at a liquid tin surface was studied at temperatures from 500K to 775K. Transport above the reaction threshold for isomerization to butadiene was used as the criterion for efficiency of vibrational energy accommodation. The surface was found to function as a strong collider below 550 K. Experiments both above and below the freezing point revealed no discontinuity in the vibrational accommodation efficiency.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 15, 1984
Accession Number
ADA145741

Entities

People

  • Benton Seymour Rabinovitch
  • W. B. Nilsson

Organizations

  • University of Washington

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Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemical Reactions
  • Chemistry
  • Dynamics
  • Elements
  • Energy Transfer
  • Liquid Metals
  • Materials
  • Materials Science
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • Mixing
  • New York
  • Stainless Steel
  • United States
  • Universities
  • Vapor Pressure
  • Vibrational Relaxation

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  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics
  • Organic Chemistry