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  • Title: Temperature dependence of OH(8;6) equilibration in an air-like gas ensemble.
    Author: Pritchard M, McCaffery AJ.
    Journal: J Phys Chem A; 2012 Mar 08; 116(9):2006-11. PubMed ID: 22324739.
    Abstract:
    We present a quantum state-resolved computational investigation of the equilibration of rovibrationally excited OH, present as the minor component in an air-like mixture of N(2) and O(2), over the temperature range 100-1200 K. Generic features of the equilibration that are present over the entire range are identified, and the increase in speed of the principal energy exchange mechanism as the temperature increases is quantified. The data demonstrate that partitioning of excess energy and angular momentum among the modes of the three different molecules is independent of the magnitude of excess energy and of its form. The rotational temperature of OH is found to vary widely over the equilibration process, varying with number of collision cycles and with initial temperature. However, at equilibration, the rotational temperature of OH is invariably the lowest of all modes of all three species present in the ensemble. This suggests that rotational temperatures of OH obtained from rotational state populations are unlikely to provide a reliable guide to other modal temperatures in ensembles of the kind we consider.
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