Abstract
Abstract--Experimentally-determined absorption coefficients for broadband ArF exclmer ra&atlon at 193 mm are presented at temperatures up to 3500 K for 02, NH3, and H20. These values were determined in a high-purity shock tube, either by measuring excimer pulse fractional absorptions or by measuring photolysls-product yields. Correlations between absorption coefficients and wbratlonal populations of the absorbing species are discussed.
Abstract
Using these absorptxon coefficients, a prediction can be made of the amount of O, NH2, OH, and H produced in shock-tube exc~mer-photolysls experiments This &rect production of radicals is attractive for reactxon-kmetics studies m high-temperature gases.
INTRODUCTION
Several questions are raised when excimer lasers are considered as photolysis light sources in high-temperature gas-kinetic studies. Included among these questions are: what are the hightemperature absorption coefficients and the photolysis-product species at excimer wavelengths, and how are the photolysis products distributed over the electronic, vibrational and rotational quantum states and velocity space? Equally important are the questions: how long do these possibly highly non-equilibrium distributions require to relax fully, and what are the effective rate constants for reactions of these non-equilibrium distributions? A complete analysis of photolysis phenomena in high-temperature gas kinetic studies must address these concerns. For rate constants determined using photolysis schemes, knowledge of the distribution of states of the reactant species is essential and this knowledge is in part based on an understanding of the absorption coefficients at elevated temperatures.
INTRODUCTION
Accurate values of absorption coefficients and dissociation quantum yields would be useful in the quantitative production of radicals for chemical kinetic studies. Photolysis work in shock tubes using flashlamps (FPST) and employing only a qualitative understanding of the photolysis products has been described previously.l'2 These investigations were primarily rate-coefficient determinations performed at long (150-1000 #sec) reaction times. FPST has been used to determine not only the kinetic constants but also the heats of formation of transient species) The first implementation of excimer-laser photolysis in shock-tube experiments was the measurement of the rate of H + H:O -* OH + H2 following partial photolysis of H20. 4 The use of ¢xcimer lasers for photolysis in shock tubes offers prospects for dramatic improvements over previous radical production methods.
INTRODUCTION
Knowledge of excimer wavelength absorption coefficients can also be used in calibrating various diagnostics used in gas phase chemistry. For example, in the case of atomic resonance absorption spectroscopy (ARAS) of species such as H, O, N, and C atoms, accurate calculations for the relevant absorption coefficients of the discharge lamp radiation are presently impossible except in a few cases, s and most existing ARAS calibration methods are kinetically or thermodynamically based. 6 Knowledge of the product yields using excimer photolysis provides a known concentration of radicals and hence a reasonably direct method of calibration. In another case, known yields from photolysis of NH3, using the data presented here, have been used in the calibration of a tOn leave from DFVLR, Instltut f/Jr Physlkahsche Chemle der Verbrennung, D-7000 Stuttgart, F.R.G NH2PQ~ u(7) narrow-linewtdth absorption &agnostic in the temperature range of 1500-2200 K, where pyrolysis production of NH2 from NH 3 was not sufficient to allow a kinetic calibration. 7 Currently, high-temperature absorption coefficient data at excimer wavelengths are scarce. In one study, the absorption coefficient calculations for ArF excitation of 02 at moderately high temperatures was verified by measurements done in a heated air torch. 8 In another example, the NH~ absorption coefficient as a function of temperature from 500 to 2600 K in shock tubes at several u.v. wavelengths was determined? The primary limitation to performing accurate hightemperature absorption coefficient measurements has been the inability to produce a gas mixture hot enough, uniform enough, and without interference absorption to unequivocally determine the absorption coefficients. The shock tube allows for measurements at temperatures in excess of 3500 K and provides a uniform reactant distribution with only one absorber or at least a predictable species concentration uniformity superior to any that is possible with flame absorbers.
INTRODUCTION
Studies of certain simple direct photolysis phenomena have matured to the point that theoretical predictions about product yield and state distribution are possible. ~° Measurements of the high-temperature absorption coefficient for known photolysis wavelength sources enables one to verify these theoretical predictions for certain prepared absorber state distributions, i.e., the Boltzmann distribution in vibrational and rotational energy at various high temperatures. This is, m general, a simpler, though less specific experiment than selectively preparing an individual absorbing state and determining the absorption coefficient and product yields )t
INTRODUCTION
In this study we describe the determination of absorption coefficients at ArF excimer wavelengths (193nm) by transmission measurement and by product concentration measurements. A full description of the shock tube photolysis apparatus is presented as well.
EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUE
The experimental technique section is divided into four parts: description of the shock tube, calibration of the excimer source, and descriptions of two separate experiments for determining the absorption coefficient at 193 nm.
EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUE
Two types of absorption coefficient determination experiments were performed: those in which only the fractional transmission of the excimer pulse was measured, and those in which the products of photolysis were monitored using narrow-line laser absorption. The fractional transmission experiments were done with the three absorbing species O2, NH3, and H20. The narrow-line laser diagnostic experiments were done to determine the product yield of OH from H20 and to demonstrate quantitatively the yield of NH 2 from NH 3 . Both the H20 and NH3 experiments were performed with the probe laser coaxial with the excimer beam (sidewall excimer illumination). The NH3 experiments were also done with the laser diagnostic perpendicular to the excimer beam (endwall excimer illumination).
Description of shock tube
The shock tube used was stainless steel, 6.1 m long, 14.3 cm in diameter. The 2.4 m driver, which was 5 cm dia, diverged through a 30 cm transition section after the diaphragm station to the full driven-section diameter. The system could be baked to 350 K and was turbo-pumped (Varian VT1000). All mechanical pumps were protected with MDC zeolite sieves. The center of the view ports in the reflected section were 20 mm from the end wall. The ultimate pressure and the combined leak and outgassing rate were 9 x 10 -7 torr and 1.2 x 10 -6 torr/min, respectively. A driven-section isolation valve was used to reduce exposure to the atmosphere during diaphragm changes.
Description of shock tube
The stainless steel mixing assembly had a 22 i. volume with magnetic stirring and could be turbo-pumped. Pressures in the mixing assembly and the driven section were measured with a Baratron 310CHS-1000 head with a 170 M controller or with a Wallace and Tiernan FA145 (-30 to 170 in. Hg) pressure gauge. The gases used in these experiments were from Liquid Carbonic. The absorbing species 02 and NH 3 were 99.9% pure, while the bulk carrier gas, argon, was 99.999% pure. The H:O used was distilled. With condensible vapors, a passivation scheme was used in the shock tube to ensure that the minor constituent mole fraction was well established. This technique has been described previously. 7
Description of shock tube
To determine shock speeds, signals from five platinum films mounted at three 610 mm intervals and one final 170 mm interval were used. The separation in time of these signals was measured with four Hewlett-Packard 5314A universal counters. The shock speeds over these intervals were measured accurately to within 0.1%. Shock speeds accelerated or decelerated in the test region from -0.25%/m at 3000 K to +0.5% /m at 1500 K. The pressure of the shocked gas was measured with a Kistler 603B1 transducer and 5004 amplifier. These pressures agreed within experimentally determined error (+2%) with the pressures derived from the chemically-frozen calculations used to determine the post-shock conditions. Test times determined from these pressure traces and temperature determinations using the OH scanning technique described in Chang et aP 2 were always >/2 msec in the temperature range 3500-1500 K.
Description of shock tube
Diagnostic signals were stored with digital oscilloscopes (Nicolet model 2090 using model 206 amplifiers with 400 kHz 3 dB bandwidths). The gas mixture partial pressure measurements, the thin film time-interval measurements, and the recorded voltage measurements of the diagnostic signals were all traceable to NBS standards.
Excimer configuratton and energy calibration
The 193 nm photolysis radiation was produced with a Questek model 2220 ArF excimer laser operating with stable optics. This laser produced a maximum of 200 mJ per pulse, with a typical duration of 25 nsec and a FWHM of 0.6 nm. The excimer high voltage charging circuit was triggered manually just before breaking the shock tube diaphragm, and the laser-pulse trigger was modified to respond to a trigger pulse initiated by a thin film shock arrival sensor followed by a time delay generator (Abtronics Model 200).
Excimer configuratton and energy calibration
Three 90 ° turning mirrors were used to direct the beam from the excimer exit window to the shock tube. These were made of Suprasil TM with an Acton Research Corp. 193-FR45 coating and had 95% reflectlvity at 193 nm and > 80% transmission at wavelengths longer than 240 nm. The 180 ° turning mirror used in the double pass experiments was similar to the above but with a 193-FR coating.
Excimer configuratton and energy calibration
Two excimer illumination configurations were used: sidewall illumination, in which the excimer beam entered the shock tube coaxially through the same window as the probe beam, and endwall illumination (see Fig. 1 ), where the expanded excimer beam entered through the endwall of the shock tube. Illustrations of the beam overlap and shock tube location have been presented previously. 7 A 500 mm f.1. CaF2 (Janos Corp.) lens was used in the sidewall illumination scheme when higher intensities were desired. In the endwall configuration, a fused silica (f.l.-300 mm) cylindrical lens was used to expand the beam to cover the shocktube-endwall window. This window was 10 cm wide and 2 cm high and allowed coverage of 85% of the shock tube internal diameter along the laser diagnostic beam path. The shocktube-endwall window is u.v.-grade fused silica. Accurate measurement of excimer pulse energy distributions are not simply obtained. NBS standard techniques for the determination of excimer energies are not presently available. Because of the brewty of the excimer pulses and the limited observation volume of laser diagnostics, classical chemical actmometry methods to measure the pulse energy flux are also not easily applicable. The determination of the excimer energy per umt area into the shocked absorber gas was therefore measured using different commercial instruments which could be compared against each other.
ArF Exomer Laser
The Questek excimer laser has an internal factory-calibrated photodetector which measures the total pulse energy accurate to +2.5mJ. This IS related to the Questek in-house measurement standard. The full pulse energy entering the shock tube was also measured with a Scientech 10 cm dia calorimeter which was thermally calibrated. This device requires a correction at 193 nm. Small area local energy measurements were made with a Molectron JA50HR pyroelectric joulemeter which was cahbrated against the first two devices. All instruments gave energy readings within 5% of one another.
ArF Exomer Laser
The actual exc~mer pulse energy per unit area at the shock tube was determined with a Molectron detector and a precision mask that was movable within the beam profile. Several excimer dluminatlon configurations were used. Sidewall illumination with no lenses in the 2 m beam path gave approx. 10 mJ/cm 2 per single 100 mJ excimer pulse. A two-fold increase m power density could be achieved by adding one lens (f.1.-500 mm) to the excimer beam path. This lens helped to counteract the natural beam divergence (4 x 6mrad) of the excimer. Endwall illumination produced 2 mJ/cm 2. This reqmred one cylindrical lens (f.1.-300 mm) to expand the beam to the full width of the endwall window. Sufficient beam dwergence in the vertical dimension existed to cover the 1.5 mm dla laser diagnostic beam. The excimer energy input per unit area was measured to be flat over the diagnostic field to within ___ 5% for all configurations.
Transmisston expertments
The fractional transmission measurements were done in a standard manner. The excimer energy entering the shock tube was sampled from behind the last 95% reflective 90 ° turning mirror with a Molectron pyroelectric joulemeter. The exit energy from the shock tube was sampled behind the 95% reflective 180 ° turning mirror mounted on the shock tube. The exclmer illumination profile was sampled over the same central 1.0 cm dia of the beam on both detectors. Over this diameter the excimer pulse energy per unit area was measured to be flat within _+ 10%. The primary advantage of this large sampling area is that it is insensitive to small shock tube movements. The Molectron detector signal has a rapid rise with a slow exponential decay (r approx. 1 msec). The signal-to-noise ratio in the peak determination was approx. 20: 1. Background absorption in pure argon shocks resulted in a background absorption coefficient-mole fraction product of <0.001 atm-l cm -1, and was indistinguishable from the noise. For each absorber, values of the mole fraction were selected, such that the excimer pulse experienced 30-60% absorption at shock temperatures. In the case of 02, this mole fraction was typically 0.5-3%.
Transmisston expertments
The absorption coefficient, kl93, was inferred using the two parameter non-dimensional theory described previously. 4 A calculation of radical concentration similar to this approach has been used in a study of ignition by excimer laser photolysis of ozone. 13 Under the conditions that photolysis is normally employed for kinetic studies, the photolysis-product concentration profiles can be described by two dimensionless parameters,
Transmisston expertments
where kj93 is the absorption coefficient (atm-~ cm-~), E/hv is the number of excimer photons per unit area (cm 2), NA is Avogadro's number (mole-~), R is the universal gas constant (atm cm 3 mol-~ K-~), and X 0 is the initial mole fraction of the absorbing species, i.e., prior to photolysis. The quantity g is the initial optical depth. The quantity f is the fraction of absorber molecules that undergo absorption at the leading edge of the absorber; it is proportional to the absorption coefficient and the number of incident photons. The ratio fig is the number of photons in the exclmer pulse divided by the number of absorbers in the path. Small values of g are those where the absorber is optically thin. Small values off are those where the E k193 product is small and thus the fractional conversion to product is small.
Transmisston expertments
If bothfand g are small, the product profile Xp will be uniform ( a desirable condition in kinetic studies) and assuming unity quantum yield, Xe = fXo.
Transmisston expertments
For large values off or g, a full numerical calculation is necessary to predict the concentration distribution of photolysis products and the resultant absorption of the excimer pulse. 4 The determination of kl93 from the transmission measurements was done using an iterative procedure. By using an estimate of k~93, the fractional transmission I/Io was predicted and compared with the measured I/Io, derived from a excimer pulse of energy density, E, transiting a pathlength, L, of shock-heated gas, with the mole fraction, X0, of an absorber. The measured shock speed gave values for T5 and Ps, the shock-heated temperature and pressure. By a converging iterative procedure, a k19 3 value was found which gave agreement between the measured and the predicted value of the transmission.
Transmisston expertments
Errors in this determination of kl9 3 are primarily due to the scatter in the measured value of I/Io.
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Other sources of error include the uncertainty in vibrational temperature and in the magnitude of product or impurity absorption. In the case of reflected shock measurements of 02, the delay in the firing of the excimer pulse, typically 300 #sec, was chosen to allow time for full vibrational relaxation) 4 For incident shock measurements of 02, the excimer pulses occurred immediately behind the incident shocks, and thus the 02 vibrational population was considered frozen in the ground state. In the cases of H20 and NH 3, vibrational equilibrium occurred very rapidly. However, in photolysis experiments at temperatures near 3000 K, it was necessary to calculate with a detailed kinetic model the actual mole fraction of the absorber at the time of the excimer pulse.
Transmisston expertments
In these experiments, the direct products of photolysis, OH, H, NH2, and O, created no significant absorption at 193 nm. ~5
Narrow-linewidth absorption laser diagnostic
The second set of experiments involved the use of an absorption diagnostic to measure the products of photolysis. The schematic of the experimental apparatus is shown in Fig. I . For the experiments performed with water, typically 1% H20 was photolyzed using 10 mJ/cm z in the temperature and pressure regimes of 1500-3200 K and 0.9-1.2 atm. This resulted in OH and H photolysis-product concentration profiles that were typically 50 ppm and this profile was uniform in the direction of the diagnostic beam within several percent. The OH vibrational population under these conditions is rapidly thermally equilibrated. 16 The narrow-linewidth absorption laser diagnostic has been described previously) 7't8 This diagnostic utilized a Spectra-Physics model 380 ring dye laser pumped by a Spectra-Physics model 171 argon ion laser. The ring dye laser was run with Rhodamine 590. The single-mode structure was verified with a Spectra-Physics Model 470, scanning interferometer with a free spectral range of either 2 or 8 GHz, and the output wavelength was measured with a Burleigh WA-10 wavemeter. The NH~ was detected by brucewagner@example.com nm, using the A2At*--X2B~ (090+--000) X eQ~. N (7) transition. For OH, output of the ring dye laser was intra-cavity doubled with an AD*A crystal. The OH was detected by brucewagner@example.com nm, using the A 2y~X21-I (0,0) R~ (5) transition.
Narrow-linewidth absorption laser diagnostic
The diagnostic beam was directed 6 m to the shock tube and focussed to a diameter of < 1 ram. Before entering the shock tube, the absorption laser beam was split into a reference beam and a probe beam which traversed the shock tube. The reference and probe beam were balanced (in the case of NH:) with neutral density filters or (in the case of OH) by sampling partial reflections off a beam splitter. The two beams were detected by EG&G silicon photodiodes (model UV100BQ) and amplified by matched amplifiers with a 250 kHz 3 dB bandwidth. The probe and reference signals as well as the different signals were stored on the Nicolet digital oscilloscopes. Based on the residual noise of the different signal, the minimum useful absorption signal was typically 0.1% with a S/N of 2. Several materials have been tried for shock tube side wmdows in the sidewall illumination scheme, and their smtability for use with a polarized laser diagnostic varied. CaF2 windows are preferred in the absence of coincident excimer illumination, but have been found to color-center with even mimmal excimer exposure. MgF 2 windows exhibit slight blrefringence, and this in combination with even minimal shock tube vibration produced large variations in the effective window transmtssion. Ultraviolet grade fused silica (several suppliers) has given the most success with the least complicahons for coaxial s~dewall photolysis.
Narrow-linewidth absorption laser diagnostic
The absorption coefficient for H20 can be inferred from the photolysls yield of OH and its subsequent kinetics. The O/H kinetics are well understood under the conditions of these experiments and the full mechanism is described by Warnatz. ~9 The product concentrations at long times (5-40 psec) predicted by this mechanism are relatively insensitive to the early post-photolysis non-equilibrium kinetics because of the lack of strong OH loss mechanisms. The resultant long time concentration plateaux of OH are then made up by a contribution by the initial photolysis yield, (OH)0, and a contribution by kinetics, primarily by the reaction H + H20~OH + H2.
Narrow-linewidth absorption laser diagnostic
The photolysis yield was found by fitting the measured OH profiles with the above mechanism and varying the initial photolysis yields of (OH)0 and (H) 0. For the small photolysls-product concentrations produced in these experiments, the absorption coefficient for H20 can be determined using Eq. (3). An example of the measured OH concentrations is shown in Fig. 2 and the inferred values for the absorption coefficient for H20 are shown in Fig. 7 .
Narrow-linewidth absorption laser diagnostic
The NH3 photolysis data are a demonstration of NH2 product yield. These data were also used in a study where the absorpuon coefficient of NH2 was determined. 7 In the photolysis of NH3, initial concentrations similar to H20 were used. However, because of the larger absorption coefficient of NH3, this resulted in approx. 300 ppm NH2 being produced in a nonuniform product profile. To alleviate this problem endwall illumination was used. This resulted in a NH2 product concentration profile which was uniform along the diagnostic beam path. An example data trace for NH2 with endwall illumination is shown in Fig. 3 .
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
For each absorbmg species, the absorption coefficient is a function of the mcident wavelength and of the quantum states of the absorber. The experimentally measured k193 is an integral over the multiple absorption transitions weighted by the excimer spectral mtensity distribution. This multiplicity of absorption transitions provides a distribution of product states, followed usually by 
Absorption coefficient of 02
Photo-excitation of ground state O2(3T,~ -) by 193 nm excimer radiation primarily ymlds the B(3E£) state. This state predissociates to O(3p2)+ O(3p2) with near 100% efficiency. 21 A full discussion of spectral absorption coefficmnts near 193 nm as they apply to 02 is found in Lee and Hanson. 2° Their work takes into account the predicted absorption coefficients for all the significant absorbing lines in the Schumann-Runge band that lie within the bandwidth of the ArF excimer output. A verification of their predictions based on fluorescence measurements in a heated air torch at temperatures up to 1200 K is found in Lee et al. 8 Following Lee and Hanson, 2° the excimer spectral distribution can be calculated after it has travelled through 2 m of room temperature air. This variation in intensity as a function of wavelength, shown in Fig. 4 , is applicable for all three absorption species studied in this work. Because of the lack of fine structure at the sub-nanometer scale in the absorption bands of H20 and NH3, specific variations in the excimer intensity do not alter any of the conclusions drawn about these two species.
Absorption coefficient of 02
The rotational populations in 02 vary smoothly at high temperatures, and the transitions from these levels are widely distributed over the bandwidth of the excimer. We assume, therefore, that the absorption coefficient measurements made at high temperatures with the variation in excimer energy distribution shown in Fig. 4 , should also be a fair representation of those 02 absorption coefficients for an excimer beam without intermediate room temperature air absorption. This assumption was examined in a test calculation done at 2278 K where the effective absorption coefficient of an excimer beam with 2 m of air was within 3% of that calculated without the intermediate air path.
Absorption coefficient of 02
The effective absorption coefficient averaged over the linewidth of the excimer laser can be strongly affected by bleaching. Bleaching is selective hole burning in the excimer wavelength profile by strongly absorbing lines which results in an average absorption over the excimer bandwidth that does not scale exponentially. An absorption coefficient is only meaningful in the non-bleached limit (i.e., weakly absorbing). At high absorber pressures, the effective absorption coefficient begins to decrease with increasing values of the X P L product (mole fraction-total pressure-pathlength product). Bleaching is weakly dependent on pressure broadening as well. 2° The temperature dependence of the absorption coefficient is a result of significant photoexcitation of the vibrationally excited states. The greatest contribution to the absorption coefficient is expected from the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd vibration states, with similar absorption coefficients from each vibrational level.
Absorption coefficient of 02
The optically thin transmission experiments were performed in the reflected shock regime with 02 mole fraction of 1 or 2%, pressure between 1.3 and 1.0 atm, and temperatures between 1700 and 3100 K. The transmission experiments which have significant bleaching were performed in the incident or reflected shock regime with between 10 and 100% 02, at pressures between 0.4 and 1.7 atm and at temperatures from 900 to 2000 K. In agreement with calculations, the experimentally determined values in the cases with bleaching give smaller values of the absorption coefficient than observed in the optically thin limit. The slight divergence from the prediction of Lee and Hanson above 3000 K may be due to interference absorption by shock tube impurities.
Absorption coefficient of NH3
Haak and Stuh122 have described the ArF excimer photolysis of NH 3. The largest absorption is from the v2 = 0 anti-symmetric vibration mode to the NH3(A iAz,,, v2' = 6) upper state. This upper state dissociates to vib-rotationally excited NH2(X) and an H atom. The product energy distribution indicates that the NH2(X) carries internal energy and that the H atoms have excess translation energy. This path has a quantum efficiency of approx. 97%. 2.4% of the NH 3 is converted to NH2 (A) + H. 23 Less than 0.8% goes to NH(a t A) + H2. Various two and three photon events are possible but because the incident power per unit area is only 0.12 MW/cm 2 these are considered to be insignificant.
Absorption coefficient of NH3
The spectral rotational structure is diffuse even at supersonic jet-cooled temperatures, l0 K, in NH3. 24 These broad features result in an absorption coefficient that is smoothly varying and constant to within 20% over the entire excimer linewidth.
Absorption coefficient of NH3
The transmission data for NH 3 were taken in three ranges. 
Absorption coefficient of NH3
where f(v2 = 0)= [1-exp(-1370/T)] and the best-fit value of k0 is 230 (+ 15%) (atm -tcm t). The room temperature value of the u.v. absorption coefficient for NH 3 has been established by Watanabe, 25 and the current data are in good agreement with this previous work. Various workers, ~6 have performed FPST work with NH3, but have not published high-temperature absorption coefficients. Early studies by Michel and Menon 9 of shock-heated NH3, were performed at three longer wavelengths: 222.5, 230.0, and 240.0 nm. They observed the absorption coefficient increasing with temperature. This is not inconsistent with the present work as they attributed their observation to transitions from the vibrationally excited states v2' > 0 whose population would increase with temperature.
Absorption coefficient of 1-120
The absorption of 193 nm radiation by H20 is in the first absorption band X~A~-A ~B~. This upper state decomposes to OH(X2//) and H(2S). 15 Room temperature H:O does not dissociate markedly at 193 rim, and we have found no data for the temperature dependence of the absorption coefficient at this wavelength. Early work on the temperature dependence of the absorption coefficient of H:O in the i.r. for CO2 cw laser wavelengths in a shock tube was performed by Krech and Pugh. 27 Early FPST work using H20 was performed by Ernst et al z as well as by Michael and Sutherland. 28 The present state of understanding of this process is reviewed by Andresen and Schnike. ~° Their study of the first absorption band is a comparison of the experimental and theoretical studies on a state-to-state basis. Photodissociation of H:O is well understood on the basis of the known potential energy surface for the excited state and rigorous dynamic calculations including all degrees of freedom. A complete description of the process can now be obtained and it is possible to predict state-to-state cross sections for all initial HzO and final OH quantum states, and all photolysis wavelengths.
Absorption coefficient of 1-120
Work by Andresen and Ha/isler ~ performed at 157 nm indicates that the excess energy of the products and is distributed as: 88% translational, 10% vibrational, and 2% rotational energy. Similar results are expected at 193 nm. Infrared measurements by Andresen et a129 indicate that the excited antisymmetric stretch mode has almost 500 times the absorption cross-section of H20 in the vibrational ground state and is the dominant absorption mode.
Absorption coefficient of 1-120
The H:O data are shown in Fig. 7 . Transmission data were acquired in the temperature range from 1700 to 3500 K, at a pressure of approx. 1.2 atm and with 0.9-1.8% H20. The absorption coefficients calculated from the OH photolysis yields were determmed in the temperature range from 1700 to 2400 K.
Absorption coefficient of 1-120
It is not necessary to sum over the specific rotational states in order to synthesize the total absorption cross-section. The temperature dependence of the absorption coefficient in our experiment can be approximated by assuming proportionality to the product of the v3 = 1 vibrational population and I/T. Thus k,93(HzO) = kof(v s = I)(300/T) (6) where f is the Boltzmann fraction in the first excited antisymmetric stretch mode, f(v s = 1)=x(1-x) and where x = exp(-5400/T), and the best fit value of k0 is 51.3 (_+ 15%) (atm -~ cm -~ K). There is good agreement between both types of data and the simple f(vs = 1) model of the absorption coefficient.
CONCLUSION
The use of an excimer-laser photolysis-source provides extended capability for radical production in a shock tube beyond that of flashlamp methods. It allows significant improvements in wavelength selectivity, brevity of pulse length, and spatial &stribution of radiation. Measurements of high-temperature absorption coefficients of the type reported here will permit quantitative prediction of radical production in exclmer photolysis. As shown here, 02 can be used as a predictable source of O atoms, H20 as a source of OH and H, and NH3 as a source of NH2 and H.
CONCLUSION
Measured values are presented for k19 3 by two methods for temperatures up to 3500 K for the species 02, NH3, and H20. Satisfactory fits for the absorption coefficients vs temperature can be formed by simple vibrational population models. These fits are consistent with the expected dominant absorption transitions.

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