Excited state reaction dynamics of Ti(a(5)F(J)) + O2 --> TiO(A,B) + O studied by a crossed-beam technique.
Oxidation reactions of the gas-phase titanium atom in its excited state with oxygen molecule, Ti(a(5)F(J)) + O(2) --> TiO(A(3)Phi,B(3)Pi) + O, were studied by a crossed-beam technique. Metastable excited Ti, Ti(a(5)F(J)), was generated by an optical pumping method and the reaction products were detected by the chemiluminescence spectroscopy. The chemiluminescence from TiO(A(3)Phi,B(3)Pi) was analyzed to determine vib-rotational state distributions of both excited states and their branching ratio. The vib-rotational state distribution of TiO(B) was represented by the statistical energy disposal and the branching ratio of TiO(A)/TiO(B) was also consistent with the statistical expectation. These results suggested the presence of long-lived intermediates in the course of the reactions of the excited Ti(a(5)F(J)) atom with O(2). Also observed was the significant deviation of the vibrational state distribution of TiO(A) from the statistical one and another reaction pathway which may not proceed via the long-lived intermediates was implied.
Yamashiro
Ryo
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Graduate School of Material Science, University of Hyogo, 3-2-1 Kohto, Kamigori, Hyogo 678-1297, Japan.
Matsumoto
Yoshiteru
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Honma
Kenji
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