Dynamics of the reactions of Mg(3s3p 1p 1) with H 2, HD, and D 2: Rotational quantum state distributions of MgH (MgD) products
Abstract
The initial bimodal distributions of product MgH(ν = 0) rotational states in the reaction of Mg( 1P 1) with H 2 or HD are found to be identical. Similar results were found for MgD (ν = 0) produced from D 2 or HD. From these as well as other recent results, it is proposed that both the predominant "high- N" as well as the minor "low- N" components of the distributions result from insertion of Mg( 1P 1) into the H-H bond, and that there are two different primary modes of decomposition of the isotopic H-Mg-H intermediates.
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Chemical Physics Letters
- Pub Date:
- June 1987
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- Bibcode:
- 1987CPL...137..195B