摘要:
The rate constants for the inefficient quenching of Mg(3s3p 3PJ) by H2 and D2 have been shown to increase sharply with temperature in the 600–800 K range. The quenching rate is controlled by the following endoergic chemical reactions: Mg(3PJ) +H2 → MgH+H, ΔE00=+11.3 kcal/mol, Mg(3PJ)+D2 → MgD+D, ΔE00=+12.8 kcal/mol. A statistical fit of the data to a simple kinetic model shows furthermore that the chemical reactions proceed with no activation barrier beyond the endoergicities, and that E to V, R quenching by H2 and D2 is extremely inefficient. These conclusions are consistent with ab initio calculations of the excited- and ground-state MgH2 potential surfaces. It is also shown that vibrational energy of D2 is not the sole requirement for efficient reaction with Mg(3PJ) and it is proposed that vibrational and translational activation may be comparably efficient for these reactions.