Journal of Physical Chemistry A, Vol.101, No.13, 2429-2435, 1997
Absolute Fluorescence Yields from Electron-Irradiated Gases .3. XeCl-Asterisk and Xei-Asterisk
The absolute total fluorescence yield for the XeCl* (B,C) (2) Sigma(1/2)(+) --> 2 Sigma(1/2)(+) transition has been determined from pulse electron-irradiated Xe/CFCl3 gas mixtures. Since no experimental resolution of the two formation pathways was achieved, individual, unquenched limiting yields for the excited state, Xe* + CFCl3 --> XeCl* + CHCl2, G(0)* = 2.4 +/- 0.6, and ionic recombination, Xe-2(+) + Cl- + Xe --> XeCl* + 2Xe, G(0)(+) = 3.2 +/- 0.5, reactions have been calculated by modeling the dependence of the total fluorescent yield on xenon and halide gas pressure. Analogous experiments were also conducted for the formation of the XeI* exciplex from the irradiation of Xe/CF3I gas mixtures. Individual values for the two component formation processes were again calculated from total gas yields, giving G(0)* = 0.31 +/- 0.08 and G(0)(+) = 4.5 +/- 0.6. These yields are compared to the predictions of current theoretical models, and the effects of alternate recombination pathways are discussed.
Keywords:ION RECOMBINATION RATES;HALIDE ANION SYSTEMS;EMISSION-SPECTRA;KINETICS;MIXTURES;KRYPTON;XEBR;XECL(B;C);STATES;IODINE