HIGH PRESSURE RANGE OF THE ADDITION OF HO TO HO, NO, NO2, AND CO. I: SATURATED LASER INDUCED FLUORESCENCE MEASUREMENTS AT 298 K

Saturated laser induced fluorescence is used for the sensitive detection of radicals in high pressure gases. The method and its application to a series of addition reactions of HO radicals in the high pressure regime are described. Experiments between 1 and 150 bar of the bath gas He allow for falloff extrapolations to the high pressure limit of the recombination reactions. Limiting rate constants (in cm3 molecule−1 s−1) of 2.2×10−11 for HO+HO→H2O2, of 3.3×10−11 for HO+NO→HONO, of 7.5×10−11 for HO+NO2→HONO2, and of 9.7×10−13 for HO+CO→HOCO (and H+CO2) are derived at 298 K.