Dissociative excitation transfer from sulphur hexafluoride following pulsed infrared irradiation

Brian J. Orr; Matti V. Keentok

doi:10.1016/0009-2614(76)85249-9

Dissociative excitation transfer from sulphur hexafluoride following pulsed infrared irradiation

Brian J. Orr^*, Matti V. Keentok

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Abstract

Mixtures of SF₆ with various simple hydrocarbons are irradiated at ≈2 torr by CO₂ laser pulses of power density 10⁸ W cm^-2, yielding transient visible luminescence from products of hydrocarbon dissociation. Stepwise multiple photon excitation of SF₆ molecules is shown to initiate the rapid sequence of events leading to hydrocarbon dissociation. The most probable mechanism consists of infrared photodissociation of SF₆, the F atoms from which react with the hydrocarbon, yielding C₂ and CH chemiluminescence.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	68-72
Number of pages	5
Journal	Chemical Physics Letters
Volume	41
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0009-2614(76)85249-9
Publication status	Published - 1 Jul 1976
Externally published	Yes

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