Abstract

The method of measured relaxation is described for the determination of initial vibrational energy distribution in the products of exothermic reaction. Hydrogen atoms coming from an orifice were diffused into flowing chlorine gas. Measurements were made of the resultant ir chemiluminescence at successive points along the line of flow. The concurrent processes of reaction, diffusion, flow, radiation, and deactivation were analyzed in some detail on a computer. A variety of relaxation models were used in an attempt to place limits on k(v′), the rate constant for reaction to form HCl in specified vibrational energy levels: $\text{H}+{\text{Cl}}_2\stackrel{k(v^{\prime })}{\to }{\text{HCl}}_{v^{\prime }}+\text{Cl}$. The set of k(v′) obtained from this work is in satisfactory agreement with those obtained by another experimental method (the method of arrested relaxation described in Parts IV and V of the present series).

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Energy Distribution Among Reaction Products: H + SCl₂ → HCl + SCl

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