Steric effect in the energy transfer reaction of Ar(3P2)+N2.
Steric effect for N2(C,3Piu) formation in the energy transfer reaction of Ar(3P2)+N2 was directly measured by using an oriented Ar(3P2,MJ=2) beam at a collision energy of 0.06 eV. The N2(C,3Piu) chemiluminescence intensity was measured as a function of the magnetic orientation field direction in the collision frame. A significant alignment effect on the energy transfer probability was observed. The relative reactivity for each magnetic substate in the collision frame sigma|MJ'|was determined to be sigma|2|:sigma|1|:sigma(0)=0.50:0.60:1.00. It is suggested that the observed steric effect is primarily due to the favorable configuration of the 3p orbital for the efficient overlap with the 2sigma(u) molecular orbital of N(2).
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Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan.
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