Vibrational Relaxation of Diatomic Molecules in Complex Forming Collisions with Reactive Atoms

Collisional removal of OH(X2Π,υ= 9) by O, O2, O3, N2, and CO2

“…Our reanalysis excluding these points gives a rate constant with a value of (2.5 ± 1) × 10 −9 cm 3 s −1 , still a very high and perhaps unrealistic value. There are also theoretical [ Quack and Troe , 1977; Atahan and Alexander , 2006] and experimental results for OH( υ = 1, 2) + H relaxation and recombination [ Barnes et al , 1999; Spencer and Glass , 1976; Margitan et al , 1975] that support rate constants in the range 1–3 × 10 −10 cm 3 s −1 .…”

Theoretical investigation of vibrational relaxation of NO(2Π), O ), and N ) in collisions with O(3P)

“…Their values of k vr ≈ 3 × 10 −11 cm 3 s −1 , more or less independent of temperature from 300 K to about 3000 K, are slightly smaller than our and the experimental data, especially at low T . Quack and Troe [43] used a statistical approach to determine k vr . Their predictions for 300 K and 2100 K, also included in Fig.…”

Estimation of atomic oxygen concentrations from measured intensities of infrared nitric oxide radiation

“…Moreover, the experimental estimation of NOv 1Y 2 relaxation on atomic oxygen at high temperatures in GlaÈ nzer and Troe (1975) has shown about equal magnitudes of rate coecients for v 1 and 2. Quack and Troe (1977) have suggested that the rate constants for the decomposition of a triatomic complex to ®nal vibrational level v f are proportional to i À i f n , where i i i 3a2k is a thermally averaged total energy, k and are Boltzmann constants and the temperatures, i i Y i f are vibrational energies of initial and ®nal levels v i and v f v i À DvY 1a2 n 3a2.…”

“…Secondly, we suppose the decomposition of triatomic complex NO 2 not only according to Quack and Troe (1977), but also consider the case of the preference of complete vibrational deactivation in Eq. (5) Dv v i .…”