High-resolution, vacuum-ultraviolet absorption spectrum of boron trifluoride

2014 
In the course of investigations of thermal neutron detection based on mixtures of 10BF3 with other gases, knowledge was required of the photoabsorption cross sections of 10BF3 for wavelengths between 135 and 205 nm. Large discrepancies in the values reported in existing literature led to the absolute measurements reported in this communication. The measurements were made at the SURF III Synchrotron Ultraviolet Radiation Facility at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. The measured absorption cross sections vary from 10−20 cm2 at 135 nm to less than 10−21 cm2 in the region from 165 to 205 nm. Three previously unreported absorption features with resolvable structure were found in the regions 135–145 nm, 150–165 nm, and 190–205 nm. Quantum mechanical calculations, using the TD-B3LYP/aug-cc-pVDZ variant of time-dependent density functional theory implemented in Gaussian 09, suggest that the observed absorption features arise from symmetry-changing adiabatic transitions.
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