Laser photofragment spectroscopy of the NO2 dissociation at 337 nm. A nonstatistical decay process
- 1 January 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in The Journal of Chemical Physics
- Vol. 74 (1), 218-225
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.440877
Abstract
The dynamics of the photodissociation of the NO2 molecule into NO(X 2Π1/2,3/2; v, J)+O(3P0,1,2) at the N2 laser wavelength 337 nm (=29 965 cm−1) has been investigated by laser photofragment spectroscopy at room temperature in bulk. The internal energy distribution of the NO(X 2Π) fragment has been analyzed state selectively with respect to the electronic energy (Ω=1/2, 3/2) and rotation–vibration energy (v, J) using laser induced fluorescence excitation for the NO observation by the A–X transition in the ultraviolet. The rotational and vibrational populations strongly deviate from equilibrium distribution indicating a nonstatistical decay mechanism. The partitioning of the maximum available excess energy of 4842 cm−1 is about 70% into internal and 30% into recoil fragment energy. The distribution of the internal energy is about 51% into vibration and 16% into rotation of NO, with an inversion in the vibrational population of the accessible levels v=0,1,2.Keywords
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