Transfer reactions in systems of more than three atoms

3 Transfer reactions in systems of more than three atoms 

According to Halstead and Thrush250, the rate coefficients for production of the three possible electronic states in the reaction of 03 with SO are 

Because of the necessity for the interaction of potential curves, the pre-exponential factor for 03 with SO producing the lB state of S02, is much less than that for the reaction producing the ground state. In the 03+N0 reaction these preexponential factors differ only by a factor of 2. 

Emission from the 3Bt state is also observed. It is probably populated by col-lisional quenching of the lB state. Because of the long lifetime of this triplet state, it is vibrationally relaxed, and its emission spectrum is very similar to that in the O+SO emission. 

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