N2(C3Πu)→N2(B 3Πg)+hν fluorescence increase due to collisional intermolecular energy transfer induced by discharged O2 in active nitrogen and oxygen mixtures

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 110, Issue 4-5, 2009, Pages 264-283

  Kamaratos, Efstathios ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b THEORETICAL AND PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY INSTITUTE   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Gas discharge; Kinetics; Molecular dynamics; Nitrogen afterglow; Nitrogen plasma; Photochemistry; Reaction mechanisms; Singlet oxygen; Visible and UV spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ARGON; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); DYNAMICS; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE; GAS DISCHARGE TUBES; GLOW DISCHARGES; IONIZATION OF GASES; LEAKAGE (FLUID); MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NITROGEN; PLASMAS; RATE CONSTANTS; REACTION KINETICS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

GAS DISCHARGE; NITROGEN AFTERGLOW; NITROGEN PLASMA; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; REACTION MECHANISMS; SINGLET OXYGEN; VISIBLE AND UV SPECTROSCOPY;

MOLECULAR OXYGEN;

EMISSION; FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PHOTOCHEMISTRY;

SUIDAE;

EID: 61349115456     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2008.11.011     Document Type: Article

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