Absolute rate coefficients for F+H2 and F+D2 at T=295–765 K.

Abstract

The rate coefficients of the F+H₂ and F+D₂ reactions must be accurately known over a wide temperature range if the HF and DF chemical lasers are to be properly modeled. Although the pulsed and cw chemical lasers operate at elevated temperatures (500 to 2000 K), no absolute rate data exist for T≳400 K. Extension of the infrared multiphoton dissociation–infrared fluorescence technique permitted the following Arrhenius equations to be determined between 295 and 765 K: kF+H₂=(1.3±0.25)×10¹⁴ exp[−(1182±100)/RT]; kF+D₂=(6.4±2.2)×10¹³ exp [−(1200±142)/RT]; kF+H₂/kF+D₂=(2.1±0.8) exp[(18±250)/RT].