The associative ionization of N(2P) + O(3P) revisited
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Published on: July 27, 2018
Nicholas S Shuman1, Thomas M Miller1, Tucker W R Lewis1
1Air Force Research Laboratory, Space Vehicles Directorate, Kirtland AFB, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87117, USA.
Abstract:
The room temperature rate constant for the reaction of N(2P) + O(3P) has been measured using a flow tube apparatus by monitoring the concentrations of both reactants via absorption spectroscopy and simultaneously monitoring the associative ionization product, NO+, using time-of-flight mass spectrometry. A value of 2.5 ± 1.3 × 10-11 cm3 s-1 is reported along with a lower limit on the product branching fraction for associative ionization (as opposed to quenching) of 0.5 and likely much larger, >0.9.
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