LASER INDUCED REACTION OF I(2P1/2) YIELDING I2(B3Πou+)

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0022-2860(80)85143-X

The photolysis of n-C3F7I in the uv yields I (2P1/2) with a quantum yield of nearly 1 (ref. 1).The I(2P1/2) decay by spontaneous emission, in collisions with the n-C3F7I by spin-orbit relaxation, and by a three body reaction with the newly formed I(2P3/2), yielding I2(B3?_ou+).For the latter process the rate constant was determined to be k3=(10+/-5)*1E-33cm⁶ molec.^-2s^-1 Further an upper limit of the rate constant for a possibile bimolecular reaction of I(2P1/2) with n-C3F7I yielding I2 (X1Σ_og+) is given k53 molec.^-1s^-1