Publication Date:
2011-08-19
Description:
The dimerization products of the ClO + ClO reaction were investigated in a flowing chemical reactor using submillimeter wave spectroscopy. The major products were identified as the chlorine peroxide (Cl2O2) and chlorine dioxide (OClO). The rotational constants as well as a complete set of quartic centrifugal distortion constants were determined. The identification of the chlorine peroxide supports the earlier proposed ClO-dimer mechanisms, which partly explain the ozone hole formation during the Antarctic springtime.
Keywords:
ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS
Type:
Journal of Chemical Physics (ISSN 0021-9606); 91; 6588-659
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