Methyl radical measurement by cavity ring-down spectroscopy
β Scribed by P. Zalicki; Y. Ma; R.N. Zare; E.H. Wahl; J.R. Dadamio; T.G. Owano; C.H. Kruger
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 447 KB
- Volume
- 234
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0009-2614
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β¦ Synopsis
Cavity ring-down spectroscopy has been used to measure the absorbance of methyl radicals near 216 nm. The methyl radicals are generated by a hot tungsten filament heated to 2300 K in a mixture of 0.5% CH 4 in H~ slowly flowing through the reactor at 20 Torr total pressure. CH 3 absorbances are detected with a noise-equivalent sensitivity of two parts in 105 using a narrow pencil of UV light 0.5 mm in diameter, which allows measurement of spatial profiles of CH 3 for column densities of 3 Γ 1012 radicals/cm 2 (3 x 1012 radicals/era 3 Γ 1 cm absorption pathlength).
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