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Spectroscopic And Vibrational Energy Transfer Studies In Molecular Bromine, Courtney D. Holmberg Dec 1993

Spectroscopic And Vibrational Energy Transfer Studies In Molecular Bromine, Courtney D. Holmberg

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Vibrational transfer and electronic quenching in the lower vibrational levels (v' < 3) of the B3π(0u+) state of 79Br2 were investigated using spectrally resolved, temporally resolved laser induced fluorescence techniques. Spectrally resolved emissions from collisionally populated Br2(B) vibrational levels were observed for Br2 and rare gas collision partners. Vibrational transfer was efficient in the non-predissociative vibrational levels and was adequately described by the Montroll-Shuler model for harmonic oscillators. A single fundamental rate coefficient for vibrational transfer from v' = 1 to v' = 0, kv(1,0), characterizes vibrational relaxation. For Br2, the …


Excited Atomic Bromine Energy Transfer And Quenching Mechanisms, Ray O. Johnson Aug 1993

Excited Atomic Bromine Energy Transfer And Quenching Mechanisms, Ray O. Johnson

Theses and Dissertations

Pulsed and steady-state photolysis experiments have been conducted to determine the rate coefficients for collisional deactivation of the spin-orbit excited state of atomic bromine, Br(2p1/2). Pulsed lifetime studies for quenching by Br2 and CO2, established absolute rate coefficients at room temperature of kBr2 = 1.2 ± 0.1 x 10-12 and kCO2 = 1.5 ± 0.2 x 10-11 cm3/molecule-s. Steady-state photolysis methods were used to determine the quenching rates for the rare gases, N2, 02, H2, D2, NO, …