Abstract
Excited halogen atoms in quartet spin states F*(2p43s, 4P5/2), Cl*(3p44s, 4P5/2), and Br*(4p45s, 4P5/2) were produced from helium sensitized radiation chemical decomposition of SF6, CF3Cl, CF3Br, and CF2Br2. Quenching rate constants of these excited halogen atoms by simple gas molecules such as O2, N2, H2, CO, CO2, NO, NO2, N2O, CH4, C2H6, and Xe including parent molecules were determined from absorption decay curves at 685.8 nm for F*, 837.5 nm for Cl*, and 827.4 nm for Br*. The optical densities were assumed to be proportional to (number of excited atoms per one cubic centimeter)0.9. The quenching rate constants obtained here were compared to those reported of metastable rare-gas atoms and an excited oxygen atom O*(2p33s, 5S2), and further discussed in terms of several theoretical kinetic models.
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