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Nov 1979
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1979p%26ss...27.1321s&link_type=abstract
Planetary and Space Science, vol. 27, Nov. 1979, p. 1321-1332. Research supported by the National Research Council of Canada.
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Atmospheric Chemistry, Distribution Functions, Earth Atmosphere, Energy Distribution, Hot Atoms, Oxygen Atoms, Atomic Collisions, Elastic Scattering, Energetic Particles, Kinetic Theory, Photolysis, Reaction Kinetics, Steady State
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Translationally hot O(3P) atoms are produced in the atmosphere of earth by photolysis of O2 and O3 and quenching of O(1D). A rigorous kinetic-theory analysis of this problem is developed and compared with the approach previously employed by Logan and McElroy (1977). It is shown that the kinetic theory employed by the previous workers is somewhat deficient. With the line-of-centers cross-section, the rates of reactions of the translationally hot O(3P) atoms with other atmospheric gases are calculated and found to be in some instances many orders of magnitude larger than the equilibrium rates. Though the nonequilibrium reaction rates with O(3P) are substantially increased, they are still not competitive with the corresponding reaction rates with O(1D).
Lindenfeld M. J.
Shizgal Bernie
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