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The reaction of chlorine with alkaline hydrogen peroxide has been used to produce O₂(a¹ Δ_g) in a fast flow system at partial pressures up to about 0.5 Torr, and total pressures (mostly argon) in the range 0.8–2.5 Torr. Absolute concentrations of O₂(a¹ Δ_g) were determined from the intensity of absorption of hydrogen emission lines in the vacuum-UV at 144.095 and 148.66 nm, for which the cross sections are known. The intensity of the O₂ (a → X) transition at 1270 nm, monitored simultaneously with a simple germanium detector, was found to vary linearly with [O₂(a¹ Δ_g)], as expected. The germanium detector was calibrated at 1270 nm with a readily reproducible standard, the air afterglow continuum due to NO₂* at defined concentrations of O(³P) and NO. The ratio of k_a for O₂(a) k_a O₂(X) + hv_t to k_c for O + NO k_c NO₂ + hv, is (1.4 ± 0.2) × 10⁻⁷ mol L⁻¹ at 1270 nm.

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Spectroscopic techniques Singlet oxygen

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