Reactive Intermediates in the Gas Phase

Reactive Intermediates in the Gas Phase: Generation and Monitoring covers methods for reactive intermediates in the gas phase. The book discusses the generation and measurement of atom and radical concentrations in flow systems; the high temperature flow tubes, generation and measurement of refractory species; and the electronically excited long-lived states of atoms and diatomic molecules in flow systems. The text also describes the production and detection of reactive species with lasers in static systems; the production of small positive ions in a mass spectrometer; and the discharge-excited rare gas halide lasers. Chemists, physicists, and people working in aerochem laboratories will find the book invaluable.

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List of Contributors
Preface

1. Generation and Measurement of Atom and Radical Concentrations in Flow Systems
   I. Introduction
   II. Description of Discharge Flow Systems
   III. Production of Atoms
   IV. Production of Molecular Radicals
   V. Detection of Atoms and Radicals
   References
2. High Temperature Flow Tubes. Generation and Measurement of Refractory Species
   I. Introduction
   II. HTFFR (High Temperature, Fast Flow Reactor) Techniques
   III. Further Techniques for Kinetic Measurements on Refractory Species
   IV. Conclusions
   References
3. Electronically Excited Long-Lived States of Atoms and Diatomic Molecules in Flow Systems
   I. Introduction
   II. Flow Systems for Electronically Excited States:Total Quenching Rate Constants
   III. Flow Systems for Electronically Excited States:Assignment of Products
   IV. Excited Atomic States in Flow Systems
   V. Excited Diatomic States in Flow Systems
   VI. Summary
   Appendix: Flowing Afterflow Studies of Ion-Molecule Reactions References
4. Production and Detection of Reactive Species with Lasers in Static Systems
   I. Introduction
   II. Brief Review of Conventional Photolytic Techniques
   III. Laser Sources
   IV. Generation of Reactive Species with Lasers
   V. Monitoring of Reactive Species and Reactions with Lasers
   VI. Ultrafast Processes
   VII. Concluding Remarks
   References
5. Production of Small Positive Ions in a Mass Spectrometer
   I. Introduction
   II. Basic Instrumentation
   III. Positive Ion Production
   IV. Electron Impact
   References
6. Discharge-Excited Rare Gas Halide Lasers
   I. Introduction
   II. Construction and Operation of Discharge Rare Gas Halide Lasers
   III. Specific Rare Gas Halide Laser Systems
   IV. Frequency Control of the KrF Laser
   V. Recycling of the Rare Gases
   VI. Generation of Secondary Wavelengths
   References
   Index