Reactions and energy transfer of excited molecules
Abstract
The effect of reagent rotation is investigated for the reaction K + HCl = KCl + H and found to be more important than a similar amount of translational energy. Rotation decreases reactivity. Electronic excitation of NO in the reaction NO + O3 = NO2 + O2 was shown to roughly be equivalent to ground state reactivity. Reaction is apparently enhanced by rotation of the NO molecule. The origin of these effects is not yet understood.
- Publication:
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Final Report
- Pub Date:
- 1979
- Bibcode:
- 1979rice.rept.....B
- Keywords:
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- Activation Energy;
- Energy Transfer;
- Excitation;
- Molecular Beams;
- Molecular Energy Levels;
- Reaction Kinetics;
- Chemiluminescence;
- Heat Treatment;
- Lasers;
- Molecular Rotation;
- Temperature;
- Atomic and Molecular Physics