Volume 64, 1968

Chemistry of recoil tritium atoms. Part 1.—Reaction with n-butane, n-pentane and neo-pentane

Abstract

The reactions of recoil tritium atoms with n-butane, n-pentane and neo-pentane in the presence of about 2 % oxygen (scavenger) and varying amounts of helium (inert moderator) are described. Using the Estrup-Wolfgang kinetic theory average molecular moderating parameters α are determined. Reactivity integrals Ii and Ki, integrals, are also found. It is proposed that reactive and non-reactive collisions are essentially of the same (inelastic) type and that the ability of a paraffin molecule to absorb energy is related to the number of its fundamental vibrations. This model explains the observations that both l(=Σli) and α appear to increase with molecular size.

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Trans. Faraday Soc., 1968,64, 1547-1559

Chemistry of recoil tritium atoms. Part 1.—Reaction with n-butane, n-pentane and neo-pentane

D. S. Urch and M. J. Welch, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1968, 64, 1547 DOI: 10.1039/TF9686401547

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