## Two-photon resonant three-photon ionization is employed to study the rotational relaxation of NH, in a pulsed supersonic expansion. The different NH, nuclear spin modifications (ortho-para) do not interconvert and relax at different rates. Para relaxation is more efficient than ortho relaxation
The rotational potential of NH3 in rare gases: a neutron scattering study
β Scribed by M. Prager; C.J. Carlile
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 633 KB
- Volume
- 173
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0009-2614
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β¦ Synopsis
A small proportion ( ~2%) of the ammonia molecules matrix-isolated in argon at concentrations between 0.5% and 4% rotate almost freely about their symmetry axis at ?'= 5 K. Interstitial ammonia defects are proposed as possible sources. The remainder of the molecules are immobile on the timescale of our spectrometer ( > 15 peV). In a krypton matrix, no quantum-rotor transition could be observed at energies larger than 50 peV.
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