AbstractThe temperature dependence of the rotational relaxation of propionitrile, CH3CH2C15N, has been investigated by means of microwave transient emission signals. From analysis of the pressure dependence of the coherence decay rates for the rotational lines (J, K-, K+) = (2, 0, 2)-(3, 0, 3), (2,1, 2)-(3, 1, 3), and (2, 2, l)-(3, 2, 2) pressure broadening parameters have been derived for mixtures with nitrogen in the 210-300 K range and for the pure gas at ambient temperatures