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Measurement of the rate constant for the association reaction CH + N 2 at 53 K and its relevance to Triton's atmosphere
Author(s) -
Le Picard Sébastien D.,
Canosa André
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/98gl50118
Subject(s) - atmosphere (unit) , photodissociation , reaction rate constant , analytical chemistry (journal) , laser , laser induced fluorescence , chemistry , atmospheric chemistry , physics , optics , kinetics , ozone , photochemistry , thermodynamics , meteorology , environmental chemistry , quantum mechanics
The pulsed laser photolysis (PLP), time‐resolved laser‐induced fluorescence (LIF) technique has been used to study the association reaction CH + N 2 in a CRESU (Cinétique de Réaction en Ecoulement Supersonique Uniforme) apparatus at 53 K and in the pressure range 0.46–6 mbar. The third order rate constant was found to be k o = (5.7±0.30) × 10 −30 cm 6 s −1 . Consequences for the production of HCN in the atmosphere of Triton are discussed in light of this result.

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