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dc.contributor.authorMaselli, O.
dc.contributor.authorGascooke, J.
dc.contributor.authorLawrance, W.
dc.contributor.authorBuntine, Mark
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T11:24:58Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T11:24:58Z
dc.date.created2014-10-08T02:29:18Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.identifier.citationMaselli, O. and Gascooke, J. and Lawrance, W. and Buntine, M. 2009. Benzene Internal Energy Distributions Following Spontaneous Evaporation from a Water-Ethanol Solution. Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 113 (2): pp. 637-643.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/11470
dc.description.abstract

We use the liquid microjet technique coupled with laser spectroscopy to measure the rotational and vibrational energy content of benzene spontaneously evaporating from a water-ethanol solution. We find different temperatures for rotation (206 K) and for the two low-lying vibrational modes, nu(6) (256 K) and nu(16) (229 K). Collision-induced energy-transfer measurements reveal efficient rotational relaxation, from which we deduce that the rotational temperature indicates the translational energy of the evaporate. Conversely, the relaxation of nu(6) is very inefficient, suggesting that the nu(6) temperature indicates the surface temperature of the liquid. Modeling the relaxation of nu(16) indicates that > 10(2) collisions are occurring during the transition from liquid to vacuum, which is an order of magnitude more than has been reported to occur in the gas phase immediately above the liquid surface. Our results reveal that evaporative molecular energy transfer involves many collisions, resulting in moderate collisional cooling as molecules pass from liquid to vapor.

dc.publisherAmerican Chemical Society
dc.subjectSURFACE
dc.subjectX-RAY SPECTROSCOPY
dc.subjectROTATIONAL ANALYSIS
dc.subjectJET-COOLED BENZENE
dc.subjectLASER-DESORPTION
dc.subjectGAS
dc.subjectMOLECULAR-DYNAMICS SIMULATION
dc.subjectLIQUID-VAPOR INTERFACE
dc.subjectKINETIC BOUNDARY-CONDITION
dc.subjectBEAM
dc.titleBenzene Internal Energy Distributions Following Spontaneous Evaporation from a Water-Ethanol Solution
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume113
dcterms.source.number2
dcterms.source.startPage637
dcterms.source.endPage643
dcterms.source.issn1932-7447
dcterms.source.titleJournal of Physical Chemistry C
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