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Computational and Experimental Investigations Concerning Rare Gas and DPAL Lasers and a Relaxation Kinetics Investigation of the Br2 + 2NO = 2BrNO Equilibrium

Schmitz, Joel R.
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3029-3732
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1495116678312251

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2017, Master of Science (MS), Wright State University, Chemistry.
This research contains four different research projects, the first an educational project introducing hydrogen bromide and deuterium bromide (HBr/DBr) and carbon monoxide (CO) as viable options for infrared vibration-rotation spectroscopy at 0.125 cm-1 or 0.5 cm-1 resolution in the teaching laboratory. The second project involved determining the spectral shifts of lanthanide fibers for diode-pumped alkali laser (DPAL) applications. Spectral shifts of lanthanides were determined using UV-VIS-NIR absorbance spectroscopy and laser-induced fluorescence (LIF). The third project entailed computing Ar* atomic energy levels and the potential energy curves of Ar*+He laser systems arising from 3p54s1 and 3p54p1 Ar* electronic configurations using ab initio theory. The final project of this research determined rate coefficients and the equilibrium constant of the formation of nitrosyl bromide (BrNO) using relaxation kinetics. Integrated solution of the relaxation rate equation and third-order integrated rate law methodologies produced final values of kf = 1.50(6) x 10-5 torr-2s-1, kr = 5.8(8) x 10-5 torr-1s-1, and Keq = 0.26(3) torr-1, agreeing with literature within uncertainty.
David Dolson, Ph.D. (Advisor)
Rachel Aga, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Amit Sharma, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Paul Seybold, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
159 p.
Atmospheric Chemistry; Chemistry; Physical Chemistry; Science Education
vibration-rotation; infrared spectroscopy; hydrogen bromide; carbon monoxide; DPAL; lanthanide fibers; spectral shifts; UV-VIS; laser-induced fluorescence; rare gas lasers; Ar; ab initio; potential energy curve; nitrosyl bromide; relaxation kinetics

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  • Schmitz, J. R. (2017). Computational and Experimental Investigations Concerning Rare Gas and DPAL Lasers and a Relaxation Kinetics Investigation of the Br2 + 2NO = 2BrNO Equilibrium [Master's thesis, Wright State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1495116678312251

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Schmitz, Joel. Computational and Experimental Investigations Concerning Rare Gas and DPAL Lasers and a Relaxation Kinetics Investigation of the Br2 + 2NO = 2BrNO Equilibrium. 2017. Wright State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1495116678312251.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Schmitz, Joel. "Computational and Experimental Investigations Concerning Rare Gas and DPAL Lasers and a Relaxation Kinetics Investigation of the Br2 + 2NO = 2BrNO Equilibrium." Master's thesis, Wright State University, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1495116678312251

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