The reaction of hydrogen atoms with ozone as a source of vibrationally excited OH(X 2?i)v=9 for kinetic studies

Article abstract of DOI:10.1063/1.440928

The reaction of measured initial concentrations of hydrogen atoms with ozone was used to produce vibrationally excited OH(X ²?_i)_{v <=9} in a fast flow discharge system at 1.1 +/- 0.1 Torr total pressure in argon at 300 +/- 3 K.The kinetic behavior of the highest vibrational level of OH^<*> produced (v=9) <*>(9)> was characterized by a variety of experiments including (1) determination of both its rates of formation and decay under conditions of excess H, as well as excess O3, (2) examination of the effects of added quencher/reactants, and (3) determination of the absolute concentrations of OH^<*>(9) using published Einstein A factors.In addition, the change in these concentrations of OH^<*>(9) for a given set of initial conditions was examined when the total pressure, nature of the carrier gas, coating of the flow tube walls, and concentration of initial, excess hydrogen atoms were varied.The results of these studies indicate that OH(9) is removed sufficiently rapidly from the system that pseudo-first-order kinetics cannot be applied to obtain absolute rate constants for its reactions and energy transfer processes.However, relative rate constants can be obtained and are reported for CO2, Ar, and N2 relative to O2.These data are interpreted in light of the two published sets of values for the Einstein A factors, which differ by more than an order of magnitude.The need for accurate values of these A factors in order to convert our relative rate constants into absolute values, as well as to use in understanding the chemistry of the upper atmosphere, is discussed.The rotational temperature of OH^<*> is shown to be 308 +/- 18 K in both excess H and excess O3.

Full text of DOI:10.1063/1.440928

The reaction of hydrogen atoms with ozone as a source of vibrationally excited OH(X
π i ) v = 9 for kinetic studies
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B. J. FinlaysonPitts and T. E. Kleindienst
Citation: The Journal of Chemical Physics 74, 5643 (1981); doi: 10.1063/1.440928
View online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.440928
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