Abstract
Atomic resonance absorption spectrometry with a nonreversed fluorine resonance lamp (∼95 nm) has been used to study the kinetics of elementary reactions of ground state F2PJ atoms in a discharge‐flow system. The following rate constants (in cm3/molec·sec) All rate constants are given with 1.5 σ. were determined at 298° K: equation image The reaction F 2PJ + HCl(1) was found to give J‐excited Cl 2P1/2 atoms with a product branching ratio [Cl 2P1/2]/[Cl 2P3/2] = 0.10.