Momentum Transfer to an Atom in a Molecule: Internal Excitation and Bond Dissociation

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Abstract
An atom will dissociate from a compound if the atom receives a recoil momentum greater than some average value Q0. Considering a polyatomic molecule as composed of point‐mass atoms, there is derived an equation which relates Q0 to the bond energy, bond angles and distances, and masses of the atoms in the molecule. The minimum net recoil energy required for bond rupture, the kinetic energy of the recoiling radicals, and the internal energy of the radical originally bonded to the activated atom are calculated for a series of simple alkyl halides

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