ULTRAVIOLET PHOTOLYSIS OF HOCL - REMPI MEASUREMENT OF THE RELATIVE POPULATION OF CHLORINE ATOM (P-2) SPIN-ORBIT STATES

Authors
BELL AJ BOGGIS SA DYKE JM FREY JG RICHTER R SHAW N TABRIZCHI M
Citation
Aj. Bell et al., ULTRAVIOLET PHOTOLYSIS OF HOCL - REMPI MEASUREMENT OF THE RELATIVE POPULATION OF CHLORINE ATOM (P-2) SPIN-ORBIT STATES, Journal of the Chemical Society. Faraday transactions, 90(1), 1994, pp. 17-21
Citations number
37
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Physical","Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical
Journal title
Journal of the Chemical Society. Faraday transactions → ACNP
ISSN journal
09565000
Volume
90
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
17 - 21
Database
ISI
SICI code
0956-5000(1994)90:1<17:UPOH-R>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
The nascent chlorine atom (P-2) relative spin-orbit state population r esulting from UV photolysis of HOCl has been measured by resonance-enh anced multiphoton ionization (REMPI) in single laser experiments. The ratio of (0.30 +/- 0.07) for Cl:Cl has been obtained, indicating a st ronger preference for production of ground-state Cl(P-2(3/2)) than exp ected from statistical weights. Also, the Cl+ arrival-time spectra sho w that most of the energy available in the photolysis is converted int o kinetic energy of the photofragments.