
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Mackie, JC 
A1  - Nicholls, J 
T1  - Supersonically expanding reacting flows : the chemiluminescent Sn/N<sub>2</sub>O reaction
JF  - Australian Journal of Chemistry
JO  - Aust. J. Chem.
Y1  - 1981
VL  - 34
IS  - 2
SP  - 271
EP  - 282
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9810271 
N2  - A supersonic flow reactor comprising a shock tube and convergent-divergent expansion nozzle has been developed and used to study the chemiluminescent reaction between tin atoms and nitrous oxide. The reaction has been found to excite the a-X, b-X and A-X transitions of SnO and rate constants for formation of the three excited states have been found to have the same activation energy, 25±5 kJ mol-1. Estimates of branching ratios have been made on the basis of experimental measurement and kinetic modelling and an assessment of the Sn/N2O reaction as a possible electronic chemical laser is made. 
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