Muonium chemistry in gases: Mu+Br2
- 15 February 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in The Journal of Chemical Physics
- Vol. 64 (4) , 1281-1287
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.432394
Abstract
We report a precise measurement of the rate of reaction of muonium atoms with bromine molecules in an argon moderator gas at a atm and 23 °C. The bimolecular rate constant is k= (2.4±0.3) ×1011 l/mole‐sec, ten times higher than that for the analogous reaction of hydrogen atoms. Since muonium can properly be treated as a light isotope of hydrogen, this comparison has potential significance for the theory of reaction rates. The technique is described and the results discussed.Keywords
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