文摘
A wide range of vibrational levels of O2(X3Σg−, v = 6−13) generated in the ultraviolet photolysis of O3 was selectively detected by the laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) technique. The time-resolved LIF-excited B3Σu−−X3Σg− system in the presence of CF4 has been recorded and analyzed by the integrated profiles method (IPM). The IPM permitted us to determine the rate coefficients kvCF4 for vibrational relaxation of O2(X3Σg−, v = 6−12) by collisions with CF4. Energy transfer from O2 (v = 6−12) to CF4 is surprisingly efficient compared to that of other polyatomic relaxation partners studied so far. The kvCF4 increases with vibrational quantum number v from [1.5 ± 0.2(2σ)] × 10−12 for v = 6 to [7.3 ± 1.5(2σ)] × 10−11 for v = 12, indicating that the infrared-active ν3 vibrational mode of CF4 mainly governs the energy transfer with O2(X3Σg−, v = 6−12). The correlation between the rate coefficients and fundamental infrared intensities has been discussed based on a comparison of the efficiency of energy transfer by several collision partners.