Abstract The HF infrared chemiluminescence from the reactions of F atoms with B 2 H 6 , CH 4 , CH 3 F, CH 2 F 2 , CH 2 Cl 2 , CH 3 ONO. CH 3 NO 2 , NH 3 (and ND 3 ). PH 3 and HNCO has been observed from a 300 K flowing-afterglow reactor. Experiments were done for a range of CH 4 and F atom concentrations to identify conditions which were free of vibrational relaxation and secondary reactions, and these conditions were used to assign initial HF( v ) vibrational distributions for each reaction. The emission intensity from each reaction also was compared to that from CH 4 in order to obtain the relative HF formation rate constants at 300 K. Since the absolute rate constant for F + CH 4 is well established, the combination of all of these data provides absolute rate constants for HF( v ) formation at 300 K. The ND 3 reaction was studied to obtain information on more vibrational levels in order to better estimate the HF( v = 0) and DF( v = 0) components of the ammonia distributions. With NH 3 and ND 3 there is no significant isotope effect on the energy disposal. Except for NHCO, for which an addition-elimination channel is possible, the HF( v ) distributions are inverted and f v > = 0.60. Differences between the HF( v ) distributions reported here and some other reports in the literature are noted: the present data are discussed as representative of direct H atom abstraction for 300 K Boltzmann conditions. The HCl infrared chemiluminescence from the F + CHCl 2 secondary reaction also was observed; the HCl( v ) distribution was v 1 : v 2 : v 3 : v 4 : v 5 - 0.47: 0.23: 0.18: 0.08: 0.04.
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