A Search for Isotope Effects in Chemiluminescent Reactions of Metastable Ca*( 3Pj, 1D2 ) Atoms with CH3I and CD3I Molecules
1999 ◽
Vol 54
(3-4)
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pp. 191-194
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Keyword(s):
Chemiluminescent reactions of calcium atoms in the metastable 3Pj and 1D2 states with CH3I and CD3I were studied in a beam-gas arrangement. Calcium monoiodide spectra associated with transitions from the electronic A 2Π, B 2Σ+ and C 2Π states to the X 2Σ+ ground state were recorded. Total collision and chemiluminescence cross sections were measured. It was found that isotopic substitution in the methyl group does not change the reaction cross sections and the chemiluminescence spectra.