Production of the n2 herman infrared system by the energy pooling reaction of N23Σ+u) metastable nitrogen molecules

I. Nadler, D. W. Setser, S. Rosenwaks

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Abstract

Molecular N2 emission, observed from an Ar(3Po, 2) and Xe(3P2) + N2 flowing afterglow apparatus, indicates that the energy pooling reaction by 2N2(A 3Σ+u) generates the emission from the Herman infrared system, which is an unassigned nitrogen band system. A lower limit to the formation rate constant for the upper state of the Herman infrared system was found to be 2.5 × 10-11 cm3 molecule-1 s-1. The information presented here may help in the identification of the upper and lower states of the emission system. The 2N2(A) energy pooling reaction also forms N2(B3 Πg, v≥ 8) but a rate constant cannot be assigned from the present data.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)536-540
Number of pages5
JournalChemical Physics Letters
Volume72
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Jun 1980

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Physics and Astronomy
  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry

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