Excitation of additives in active nitrogen

5 COMPLEX CHEMILUMINESCENT SYSTEMS 3.5.1 Excitation of additives in active nitrogen 

Several types of reaction are involved in these systems, and the kinetics is far from clear in most cases. It therefore seems better to present in one place a brief summary of results and interpretations rather than dissecting out each type reaction for discussion in its appropriate section of this chapter. The kinetics of these reactions has been reviewed157 251. 

Active nitrogen itself is hardly a simple system, and the addition of reactive 

The most extensive studies are those of CN emission due to addition of halo-genated hydrocarbons and molecules containing the CN bond. Rotational and vibrational distributions have been observed as a function of pressure and nature of the additive256,257. CH emission is also observed in some cases. Two electron- 

A third vibrational distribution has been observed257 at pressures above 1 torr and with trace amounts of additive. Since its occurrence is independent of the nature of the additive, it is felt to arise from the process 

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