TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENCE IN THE MULTI-PHOTON DISSOCIATION OF (SF6)-S-32

The multiphoton dissociation of 32SF6 at 10.59 μm has been studied as a function of the temperature between 223 and 413 K. The observed decrease of the reaction yield with increasing temperature varies strongly with the laser energy fluence at the applied conditions. Rate constants for the unimolecular decomposition of sulfur hexafluoride induced by the monochromatic infrared radiation are derived at 223, 293, and 343 K. © 1979 American Institute of Physics.