Microwave discharge Subject

Active nitrogen has been a favorite subject of investigation by physicists for many years and, more recently, interest has also been aroused in its chemical behavior. However, serious difficulties have been experienced in this connection as a result of the presence of other active species besides nitrogen atoms. These have been difficult to identify with certainty and to separate kinetically. Substantial progress seems now to have been made in this respect and also it appears that complications are reduced when a microwave discharge is used to activate... 

Microwave discharge This operates at very high frequencies (e.g., 2.45 GHz) in the range of microwaves, within which only light electrons can follow the oscillations of the electric field. Therefore, this discharge is far from the local thermodynamic equilibrium, and can be operated over a wide pressure range. The performance of a microwave discharge depends heavily on the type of microwave power applicator (detailed information on this subject is available elsewhere [6, 7]). 

Mass spectrometry has been used to detect NO in Cl2 produced by the electrolysis of molten NaCl. Presumably the NO was produced from nitrogen in the atmosphere. 00 Isotopic redistribution has been found to occur when NO decomposes to its elements in an a.c. discharge. When NO and H2 (or D2) are photolysed, or subjected to a microwave discharge, in an... 

The present work is the first in a series of investigations of the effect of functional groups on the nature of gaseous and solid decomposition products. The results of such measurements should ultimately support a model for decomposition in a microwave discharge. Further, solid polymers produced in various discharges have not in general been the subject of more than the most rudimentary characterization. The present work explores possible avenues of further characterization. 

The unstable molecule S2O2 was first unambiguously characterized by microwave spectroscopy in 1974. It can be made by subjecting a stream of SO2 gas at 0. ImmHg pressure to a microwave discharge (80 W. 

A search for the NF radical proved unsuccessful when N2F4 was subjected to a microwave discharge [1]. 

In recent years, benzene has been subjected to direct electrode discharge (20) and glow discharges induced by microwave (22, 23) and radiofrequency (21) energy. In this paper, we report some of our observations for the reaction of benzene in a corona discharge. 

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