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Title: Gas phase oxygen quenching studies of ketone tracers for laser-induced fluorescence applications in nitrogen bath gas
Authors: Shelar, V.M.
Hegde, G.M.
Umesh, G.
Jagadeesh, G.
Reddy, K.P.J.
Issue Date: 2014
Citation: Spectroscopy Letters, 2014, Vol.47, 1, pp.12-18
Abstract: In this paper we report the quantitative oxygen quenching effect on laser-induced fluorescence of acetone, methyl ethyl ketone, and 3-pentanone at low pressures (?700 torr) with oxygen partial pressures up to 450 torr. Nitrogen was used as a bath gas in which these molecular tracers were added in different quantities according to their vapor pressure at room temperature. These tracers were excited by using a frequency-quadrupled, Q-switched, Nd:YAG laser (266 nm). Stern-Volmer plots were found to be linear for all the tracers, suggesting that quenching is collisional in nature. Stern-Volmer coefficients (ksv) and quenching rate constants (kq) were calculated from Stern-Volmer plots. The effects of oxygen on the laser-induced fluorescence of acetone, methyl ethyl ketone, and 3-pentanone were compared with each other. Further, the Smoluchowski theory was used to calculate the quenching parameters and compared with the experimental results. Copyright Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
URI: http://idr.nitk.ac.in/jspui/handle/123456789/11392
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