Product state distribution in exoergic chemical reactions and the concept of temperature

A. Ben-Shaul*, R. D. Levine, R. B. Bernstein

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Abstract

The product state distribution in exoergic chemical reactions with respect to any one degree of freedom (translation, rotation or vibration) can be characterized by a temperature. The detailed experiments on the reactions of K + I2, Cl + Hl(Dl) and F + H2(D2) are used as examples. For the latter two systems the products have well-defined (negative) vibrational temperatures, essentially isotopically-invariant.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)160-164
Number of pages5
JournalChemical Physics Letters
Volume15
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Aug 1972

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