Nonequilibrium time dependent theory of hot atom reactions. II. The hot 18F+H2 reaction

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Abstract
The kinetics of the hot atom 18F+H2 reaction are considered. For both equilibrium nonequilibrium conditions, a high temperature steady state is found to exist for this reaction. The high temperature steady state that occurs is due to the particular form of the elastic and reactive cross sections. The steady state temperature is, however, not useful in characterizing the chemical kinetics of this reaction since the steady state temperature is attained only after much reaction has occurred. The departure of the velocity distribution function from Maxwellian that occurs as a result of the temperature relaxation and the reactive process is found to be significant.