Product-State-Resolved Kinetic Study of the H(+) + F(-) Ion-Ion Reaction.

Abstract

This project was to investigate positive-ion/negative ion recombination reactions. The achievements are listed in the following: 1) Detailed chemiluminescence spectra from ion-ion reactions were recorded. 2) Spectral analyses yielded reliable assignment of the product state. 3) Product-state-resolved nascent population distribution was obtained for the first time for an ion-ion reaction. 4) the product-state rotational population distributions are peaked at high J and the corresponding vibrational distribution favors only even numbered levels. And, 5) The investigation into the energy structure of negative ions yielded a revised Rydberg formula that proved to be a general formula for two-electron systems whose power and precision are equivalent to that of the original Rydberg formula for one-electron systems. Keywords: Ion; Recombination: Reactions: Nascent Population; Distribution; Binding; Negative ions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 10, 1986
Accession Number
ADA181824

Entities

People

  • Hung-tai Wang

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

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Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Air Force
  • Angular Momentum
  • Atoms
  • Chemical Kinetics
  • Chemistry
  • Classification
  • Demography
  • Electrons
  • Elements
  • Energy Levels
  • Equations
  • Ground State
  • Ion Sources
  • Military Research
  • Momentum
  • Quantum Numbers

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  • Chemistry (specifically Chemical Fluorescence)
  • Electrochemical Engineering/ Fuel Cell Technologies
  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics