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Energy Partitioning In The Ir Multiphoton Dissociation Of Molecules: Energy Of Xcf2 And Xcfcl Fromcf2Cfcl, John C. Stephenson, Stephen E. Bialkowski, David S. King Jan 1980

Energy Partitioning In The Ir Multiphoton Dissociation Of Molecules: Energy Of Xcf2 And Xcfcl Fromcf2Cfcl, John C. Stephenson, Stephen E. Bialkowski, David S. King

Stephen E. Bialkowski

We have measured the vibrational (v), rotational (J,K), and translational energy, (ET), of the X̃ CF2 and X̃ CFCl fragments formed in the CO2 laser induced multiphoton dissociation of CF2CFCl (chlorotrifluoroethylene): CF2CFCl→CF2(v,J,K)+CFCl(v,J,K)+ET(v,J,K), which was the only detectable reaction path for CF2CFCl. More vibrational energy (Ev) appears in CF2 than in CFCl. Direct spectroscopicmeasurements of populations in levels 0<ν2<7 show that Ev is distributed statistically in the bending mode (ν2) of CF2 according to P(Ev)=exp(−Ev/k Tv), …