Kinetics of Excited Molecules. IV. Unimolecular Dissociation of Ketene
- 1 March 1962
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in The Journal of Chemical Physics
- Vol. 36 (5) , 1353-1356
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1732739
Abstract
Careful quantum yield measurements of carbon monoxide in the photolysis of ketene indicate that collisional deactivation of excited molecules occurs by a strong collision mechanism. The data can be adequately fitted by classical unimolecular theory in which the rate of decomposition is a function of the vibrational energy of the molecule, essentially disregarding the electronic energy.Keywords
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