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HCO radical kinetics: Conjunction of laser photolysis and intracavity dye laser spectroscopy
Author(s) -
Clark J. H.,
Moore C. B.,
Reilly J. P.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
international journal of chemical kinetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.341
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1097-4601
pISSN - 0538-8066
DOI - 10.1002/kin.550100502
Subject(s) - chemistry , photodissociation , laser , absorbance , spectroscopy , dye laser , monochromatic color , kinetics , photochemistry , analytical chemistry (journal) , optics , chromatography , physics , quantum mechanics
HCO radical at a concentration of about 10 14 cm −3 is produced by monochromatic laser photolysis of H 2 CO with a 0.6 mJ frequency‐doubled, flashlamp‐pumped dye laser pulse. Intracavity dye laser spectroscopy quantitatively monitors HCO absorbance near 614 nm as a function of delay time between photolysis and probing pulses. Rate constants for HCO + O 2 and HCO + NO are found to be 4.0 ± 0.8 × 10 −12 and 1.45 ± 0.2 × 10 −11 cm 3 molecule −1 sec −1 .