Chemically pumped iodine laser

The production of O2(1 delta) by the reaction of chlorine fluorosulfate (CFS) vapor and chlorine gas with concentrated basic hydrogen peroxide solutions was studied under conditions of controlled contact area, contact time, and temperature. Variables were temperature, CFS and C1(-2) flowrates, liquid flowrates, and liquid concentrations. Effluent flow, O(-2) flow, and O2(1 delta)/O2 were measured. O2(1 delta) yields with the CFS were lower than with C1(-2) due to quenching. O(-2) production was about the same, governed primarily by contact time, liquid flow and temperature. Qualitative quenching experiments identified serious quenchers present in the CFS system.