Molecular Beam Chemiluminescence. I. Kinetic Energy Dependence of the NO + O3 → NO2* + O2 Reaction
Author(s) -
A.E.C. Redpath,
Michael Menzinger
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
canadian journal of chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.323
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1480-3291
pISSN - 0008-4042
DOI - 10.1139/v71-512
Subject(s) - chemistry , chemiluminescence , arrhenius equation , molecular beam , activation energy , kinetic energy , crossed molecular beam , supersonic speed , beam (structure) , reaction rate constant , analytical chemistry (journal) , atomic physics , photochemistry , molecule , thermodynamics , kinetics , organic chemistry , physics , optics , quantum mechanics
The visible Chemiluminescence of the NO + O 3 → NO 2 * + O 2 reaction has been studied as a function of collision energy using a supersonic molecular beam of NO. The reaction threshold E 0 = 3.00 ± 0.45 kcal/mol is found to lie significantly below the Arrhenius activation energy of E a = 4.18 ± 0.3 kcal/mol. This clearly demonstrates the basic difference between the two quantities.
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