Sulfur atoms, electronic states source

Carbonyl sulfide is an important gas kinetic source of ground state and electronically excited sulfur atoms, and its photodissociation has been employed by several groups to study the rates and products of reactions of S(3 P2), S(3- Sq), and 3(3 02). It is, in addition, one of the Interstellar molecules, has been proposed as a minor constituent of the Venus atmosphere, and leads to laser emission in CO following photodissociation. 

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