THE THERMAL-STABILITY AND FRAGMENTATION OF C-60 MOLECULE UP TO 2000 KON THE MILLISECONDS TIME-SCALE

Authors
KOLODNEY E TSIPINYUK B BUDREVICH A
Citation
E. Kolodney et al., THE THERMAL-STABILITY AND FRAGMENTATION OF C-60 MOLECULE UP TO 2000 KON THE MILLISECONDS TIME-SCALE, The Journal of chemical physics, 100(11), 1994, pp. 8542-8545
Citations number
31
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical
Journal title
The Journal of chemical physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00219606
Volume
100
Issue
11
Year of publication
1994
Pages
8542 - 8545
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-9606(1994)100:11<8542:TTAFOC>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
A method of generating effusive molecular beams of C-60 with vibration al temperatures up to 2000 K is presented. Direct measurement of the t hermal stability and fragmentation kinetics of C-60 in the range of 11 00-1970 K, on the milliseconds time scale, provides thermal rate const ants k(T)=10-300 s(-1) (for T=1720-1970 K,-respectively) and activatio n energy of E(0)=4.0+/-0.3 eV.