ISSN:
1089-7690
Source:
AIP Digital Archive
Topics:
Physics
,
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
The interactions of Mo(a 7S3) and Mo*(a 5S2) with methane, CH4, and ethane, C2H6, were studied under single collision conditions using the crossed molecular beams technique. Ground state Mo(a 7S3) atoms were found to be unreactive at all collision energies studied up to 〈Ecoll〉=35.4 kcal/mol. Nonreactive scattering of Mo(a 7S3) with methane and ethane was studied and compared to collisions with Ne and Ar. A forward peaking center-of-mass angular distribution, T(aitch-theta), was necessary to simulate the elastic collisions with inert gases as well as inelastic collisions with the alkanes. At a collision energy of 14.4 kcal/mol with CH4 and 21.0 kcal/mol with C2H6, inelastic collisions were found to transfer ∼10% and ∼19% of the initial kinetic energy into alkane internal energy, respectively. For collisions of Mo*(a 5S2)+CH4, the dehydrogenation product, MoCH2, was observed at all collision energies studied down to 2.1 kcal/mol. The reaction Mo*(a 5S2)+C2H6→MoC2H4+H2 was observed down to 〈Ecoll〉=4.5 kcal/mol. For a given total energy (electronic+translational), it was found that electronic energy is highly effective in promoting this reaction whereas translational energy is ineffective. © 2000 American Institute of Physics.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.481018
Permalink
