Issue 30, 2018

Formation of ozone by solid state reactions

Abstract

We studied the isotopic composition of ozone formed at low (3–10 K) temperature via O + O2 solid state reactions using a partially dissociated 16O/16O2 : 18O/18O2 = 1 : 1 mixture. The ozone ice has an isotopic abundance that differs from the statistical one and from gas phase studies. Ozone formation is influenced by the competition of the production of O2 (O + O or O + O3) vs. O3 (O + O2) and by the energy released in the O + O reaction. The exothermicity of the O + O reaction helps to overcome the barrier of the O + O2 reaction. Heating the ozone ice past 50 K brings about a transformation from amorphous to crystalline ice. The formation of ozone on water ice yields a blue shift of IR bands, and the yield of formed O3 increases up to the sample temperature of 100 K. When 18O/18O2 is deposited on H216O ice, formation of 18O18O16O is detected. We propose that the exothermicity of the reaction 18O + 18O drives water dissociation (16O + H2) followed by ozone formation (16O + 18O216O18O18O).

Graphical abstract: Formation of ozone by solid state reactions

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
11 May 2018
Accepted
15 Jun 2018
First published
15 Jun 2018

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2018,20, 19750-19758

Author version available

Formation of ozone by solid state reactions

L. Krim, M. Jonusas, J. L. Lemaire and G. Vidali, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2018, 20, 19750 DOI: 10.1039/C8CP03020K

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