| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/L14077/01 |
| Title: |
STATE-TO-STATE EXCITATION FUNCTIONS FOR ELEMENTARY REACTIONS OF ATOMIC OXYGEN |
| Principal Investigator: |
Smith, Professor I |
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School of Chemistry |
| Organisation: |
University of Birmingham |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 April 1997 |
Ends: |
31 May 2001 |
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298,854
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| Gas & Solution Phase Reactions |
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A novel crossed molecular beam apparatus is to be constructed in order to study the dynamics of bimolecular reactions of 0(3P) atoms in great detail. The apparatus will incorporate two pulsed supersonic molecular beam sources which can be rotated in the same plane around a common centre. This arrangement allows the collision energy of reagents present in the beams to be varied continuously in the range 0-100 kJ mol-1. 0(3P) atoms will be created in on beam by laser photolysis of N02. The other beam will include the molecular reagent (initially HC1 or Hbr). The state-specific production of OH in the region where the beams cross will be observed by laser-induced fluorescence. These measurements will yield state-to-state excitation functions (i.e. cross-sections as a function of collision energy E, and how the (v, j, l, W) -product state distributions depend on E. In addition, we shall measure the same quantities for vibrationally excited reagents, aswell as vectors correlations (e.g. between initial velocity and final rotation). The results will yield unprecedented insights into bimolecular reaction dynamics and will arouse considerable interest among theoreticians in the field of reactive scattering.
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http://www.bham.ac.uk |