ISSN:
1432-0649
Keywords:
82.20
;
82.50
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
Abstract The product branching ratio was studied in relation to the radical scrambling mechanism of laser isotope separation of uranium. A mixture of UF6/CH4/Ar was irradiated either using a low-intensity cw-UV source (high-pressure Hg lamp, 250 nm ∼ 400 nm) or using high-intensity pulsed UV lasers (4th-harmonic YAG laser at 266 nm or KrF laser at 248 nm) in a supersonic nozzle reactor. While the latter gave a higher C2H6/CH3F ratio in the photoproduct than the former, the C2H6/CH3F branching ratio was found to disagree with the results reported in a static cell experiment. This anomaly in the results obtained using a supersonic nozzle reactor was well represented by a model proposed in this study which assumed no mixing before a shock wave zone and sufficient mixing after it, leading to complete suppression of radical recombination.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01833799
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