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Study of the reaction of oxygen atoms with vibrationally excited ozone molecules

  • S. K. Chekin*
  • , Yu M. Gershenzon
  • , A. V. Konoplyov
  • , V. B. Rozenshtein
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The exothermal reaction O + O3 - 2O2 is found to be accelerated when ozone molecule vibrations are excited by cw CO2 laser emission when PAr = 3 Torr, T = 300 K in a 0.8 cm i.d. vessel. With a laser irradiation intensity of ≈15 W/cm2 this acceleration made up ≈40% as compared with the equilibrium reaction. Vibrational relaxation of ozone molecules is studied by the method of saturated absorption. The relaxation time of population difference for (000) and (001) levels, T1 = (3.8 ± 1.7) × 10-4 s, and the transversal relaxation time, T2 ≈4 × 10-8 s Torr/P, are measured. T1 is found to be practically independent of pressure at P = 1-15 Torr.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)386-390
Number of pages5
JournalChemical Physics Letters
Volume68
Issue number2-3
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Dec 1979
Externally publishedYes

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