Flash photolysis/tunable diodelaser absorption spectroscopy studies ofHC1 as a product of the reactions: Cl + C2H6 and Cl + CH3CHO.

Carla S. Kegley-Owen, Geoffrey S. Tyndall, John J. Orlando, Alan Fried

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Abstract

A time-resolved flash photolysis I tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy (FPITDLAS) system has been constructed to study reaction products of gas-phase chemical reactions. The use of FP to initiate the chemistry results in essentially a wall-less reactor due to the time of reaction being much shorter than the time of diffusion. The use of TDLAS allows the time-resolved detection of HC1 by monitoring individual lines in the rovibrational spectrum. While the system is being developed for study of the products of radical-radical reactions, preliminary studies involved detection of HG from reaction ofCl-atoms with organic species. The reaction Cl + C2H6-H Cl + C2H5(1) was studied to characterize the system and determine the detection limit for HC1. The rate coefficient, k1, was determined to be (5.9±0.4) x 10-11cm3molec-1s-1in agreement with the recommended values. H Cl (v = 0) and H Cl (v = 1) were simultaneously measured as products of the reaction Cl + CH3CHO-H Cl + CH3CO (2) at 2906.247 cm-1 and 2906.337 cm-1 respectively. It was determined for this reaction that k2 =(7.5±0.6) x 10-11cm3molec-1s-1.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)110-119
Number of pages10
JournalProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume2834
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 21 1996
EventApplication of Tunable Diode and Other Infrared Sources for Atmospheric Studies and Industrial Process Monitoring 1996 - Denver, United States
Duration: Aug 4 1996Aug 9 1996

Keywords

  • Atmospheric
  • Hcl
  • Kinetics
  • Lab-based

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