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Dissociation dynamics of CH3I in electric spark induced breakdown revealed by time-resolved laser induced breakdown spectroscopy

  • Yang Wang
  • , Wei Long Liu
  • , Yun Fei Song
  • , Li Ping Duo
  • , Yu Qiang Liu
  • , Yan Qiang Yang*
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Harbin Institute of Technology
  • CAS - Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics
  • China Academy of Engineering Physics

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Abstract

The electric discharge spark dissociation of gas CH3I is found to be similar to its femtosecond laser photodissociation. The almost identical spectra of the two processes show that their initial ionization conditions are very similar. The initial ionization followed by molecular fragmentation is proposed as the dissociation mechanism, in which the characteristic emissions of I+, CH3, CH2, CH, H, and I2 are identified as the dissociation products. The emission band of 505 nm I2 is clearly observed in the time-resolved laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS). The dynamic curve indicates that I2a- molecules are formed after the delay time of ∼4.7 ns. The formation of I2∗- molecule results from the bimolecular collision of the highly excited iodine atom I∗-(4P) and CH3I molecule. This dynamical information can help understand the process of electric discharge spark dissociation of CH3I.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)30-35
Number of pages6
JournalChemical Physics
Volume447
DOIs
StatePublished - 2 Feb 2015

Keywords

  • Dissociation dynamics
  • Electric spark induced breakdown
  • Emission band of I
  • Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy
  • Methyl iodide

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