FTIR study of nuclear spin conversion of solid normal hydrogen at 4.2K, doped with H2O, CH3F, CH4 and double doped with O2. Evidence of ortho-H2 catalyzed conversion by CH3F

Autor: L. Abouaf-Marguin, A.-M. Vasserot, A. Lekic
Přispěvatelé: Laboratoire de Physique Moleculaire pour l'Atmosphere et l'Astrophysique (LPMAA), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: Chemical Physics Letters
Chemical Physics Letters, 2009, 470, pp.228-232. ⟨10.1016/j.cplett.2009.01.047⟩
ISSN: 0009-2614
DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2009.01.047
Popis: From the IR induced spectrum between 4000 and 5000 cm −1 of solid normal hydrogen doped with H 2 O, CH 3 F, CH 4 , and double doped with O 2 , the nuclear spin conversion of ortho -H 2 molecules has been analyzed at 4.2 K. The self-conversion rate is determined to be K sc = 2.8(3) × 10 −4 min −1 , with no implication of O 2 atmospheric impurity. Within the framework of an ortho -H 2 diffusion dominated process, the O 2 catalyzed conversion rate is deduced to be K cc = 0.17(3) min −1 . We have shown that CH 3 F induces ortho -H 2 conversion at the same rate as O 2 , according to a diffusion controlled process, via intra-cluster conversion.
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