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Chemical Physics Letters, Vol.415, No.1-3, 1-5, 2005
Vibrational relaxation of OH by oxygen atoms
The collisional removal of 011(v = 1) by 0(P-3) atoms is investigated. OH is generated by 193 nm photolysis of H2O2, and O(P-3) atoms are generated by a microwave discharge in O-2 diluted in Ar. OH(v = 0 and 1) concentrations are monitored by laser-induced fluorescence vs. the time after the photolysis laser pulse. From comparison of these concentrations with kinetic simulations, the room-temperature total removal rate constant for OH(v = 1) in collisions with 0(P-3) is determined to be (3.9 +/- 0.6) x 10(-11) cm(3) molecule(-1) s(-1). This value is slightly larger than the OH(v = 0)-O(P-3) reaction rate constant, but the difference is within the experimental uncertainty. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.