Does the energy transfer from Ar(1s) atoms to N2 lead to dissociation?

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Dielectric-barrier discharges (DBDs) in Ar–N2 mixtures, with N2 fractions in 0.1–1% range, would be attractive alternatives to DBDs in pure N2 if energy-transfer reactions between Ar(1s) atoms and N2 molecules were an efficient source of N atoms. Attempts to functionalize polyolefins in flowing postdischarges fed by such DBDs, as well as the search for the First Positive System in the emission spectrum, however, failed. Evidently, the energy-transfer reactions do not produce N atoms. For Ar(1s3) and Ar(1s5) metastable states, this fact has already been reported in the literature. For Ar(1s2) and Ar(1s4) resonant states, a quantitative argument is derived in this paper: energy transfer from Ar(1s) atoms to N2 molecules is not an efficient source of N atoms.

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Klages, C. P., Martinovs, A., Bröcker, L., & Loffhagen, D. (2020). Does the energy transfer from Ar(1s) atoms to N2 lead to dissociation? Plasma Processes and Polymers, 17(7). https://doi.org/10.1002/ppap.202000070

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