KINETIC-ENERGY, TEMPERATURE, AND DERIVED ROTATIONAL TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCES FOR THE REACTIONS OF KR+(2P3/2) AND AR+ WITH HCL

Rate constants for the reactions of Kr+(2P 3/2) with HCl and DCl and of Ar+ with HCl have been measured as a function of reactant ion/reactant neutral average center-of-mass kinetic energy (〈KEc.m.〉) at several temperatures. The measurements were made using helium as the carrier gas. From these data we have derived the dependences of the rate constants on the rotational temperature of H(D)Cl. Rate constants for the reaction of Kr+(2P 1/2) with HCl have also been measured as a function of temperature. The rate constants for all of the reactions were found to decrease with increasing temperature. The rate constants were also found to decrease with increasing 〈KEc.m.〉 at low 〈KEc.m.〉 but then to increase at higher 〈KEc.m.〈. A significant rotational temperature dependence of the rate constant was derived for the reaction of Kr+(2P3/2) with H(D)Cl. The analogous derivation for Ar+ reacting with HCl showed the rate constant for this reaction to be independent of the rotational temperature of HCl within experimental uncertainty. © 1990 American Institute of Physics.