Energy transfer from vibrationally excited pentafluorobenzene to helium, xenon and water vapor

✍ Scribed by Timothy J. Wallington; Philippe Dagaut; Walter Braun

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1988
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 539 KB
• Volume: 144
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0009-2614
• DOI: 10.1016/0009-2614(88)87158-6

✦ Synopsis

Pulsed infrared laser irradiation was used to excite pentafluorobenzene (PFB) in mixtures with helium, argon and water vapor. Measurements of the rates of energy transfer were made as a function of the initial laser excitation energy, total pressure, and composition of the gas mixture using the Hg tracer technique. The results are discussed with respect to the transfer of energy between vibrational, rotational, and translational degrees of freedom.