ISSN:
1089-7690
Source:
AIP Digital Archive
Topics:
Physics
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
Time domain absorption spectroscopy using a tunable, infrared diode laser has been used to monitor the vibrational excitation of CO2 produced in the 193 nm excimer laser photolysis of gas phase pyruvic acid (CH3COCOOH). Nascent vibrational populations were measured in the following ten vibrational states of CO2: 0000, 0110, 0220, 0330, 0440, 0001, 0002, 0003, 0111, and 0221. Approximately 97% of the CO2 photoproduct is observed to be directly formed in the vibrational ground state. The remaining molecules are formed with a significant degree of vibrational excitation, having mode temperatures T(ν2)=1800±150 K, T(ν3)=3700 ±1000 K, T(ν2+ν3)=2000±400 K. The present experimental data suggest that the 193 nm photolysis may proceed through more than a single dissociation channel and involve a number of different photofragments.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.453711
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