Emission spectra of the CH(A2DELTA-X2PI) transition produced in the el
ectron impact dissociation of acethylene have been measured. The rovib
rational distributions of CH(A2DELTA) depend on the electron impact en
ergy ; the rotational temperature of CH(A2DELTA, v'=0) varied from 320
0 K at 17 eV to 2500 K at 100 eV, and the ratio of the vibrational pop
ulations (P(v'=1)/P(v'=0)) varied from 0.45 at 17 eV to 0.80 at 100 eV
.