ISSN:
0538-8066
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Physical Chemistry
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
The relative intensities of phosphorescence of SO2(3B1) molecules have been determined following the optical excitation of SO2(1B1) molecules by a 2662 Å laser pulse. From a kinetic treatment of these measurements, the intersystem crossing ratio, k2b/(k1b + k2b), was determined; SO2(1B1) + M → SO2(3B1) + M (2b); SO2(1B1) + M → SO2 + M (1b). With M = O2, N2, Ar, CO2, and CO, k2b/(k1b + k2b) = 0.030 ± 0.013, 0.034 ± 0.029, 0.025 ± 0.005, 0.052 ± 0.014, and 0.045 ± 0.028, respectively. These data allow a new, more quantitative evaluation of the extent of involvement of the “excess” triplet SO2 in the 3130 Å-irradiated mixtures of SO2 and CO at high pressures [5, 6]. The new data are also of direct interest in the determination of the theoretical maximum rates of photooxidation of SO2 in the sunlight-irratiated atmosphere of the earth.
Additional Material:
2 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/kin.550050110
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