Enhancement of CO2 in reactions with vibrationally excited gas phase CO over surfaces.
Abstract
We study the reaction of cool, vibrationally excited gas phase carbon monoxide, produced in an optically pumped discharge, with a CuO surface. The surface reaction produces gas phase CO_2. We perform spectroscopic absorption measurements of the CO2 produced by this reaction. These measurements are compared with CO2 production for the thermally equilibrium oxidation reaction for the same surface in a furnace at two different temperatures. The CO2 production rate with the vibrationally excited reactant is greatly increased over the thermal rate at the same temperature.
- Publication:
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APS Annual Gaseous Electronics Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- October 2001
- Bibcode:
- 2001APS..GECJWP083E