Reactions of Cl²P3/2: Absolute rate constants for reaction with H₂, CH₄, C₂H₆, CH₂Cl₂, C₂Cl₄, and cC₆H₁₂

The absolute rate constants have been measured for several gas‐phase chlorine atom‐molecule reactions at 25°C by resonance fluorescence. These reactions and their corresponding rate constants in units of cm 3 mole −1 sec −1 are: magnified image The effects of varying the substrate pressure, total pressure, light intensity and chlorine‐atom source on the value of the bimolecular rate constants have been investigated for all these reactions. Conditions under which no competing side reaction occurs were established and the reported rate constants were measured under these conditions. For reactions (2), (5), (6), (7), and 8, there is a discrepancy of a factor of two between the rate constants measured in this work and values in the literature; it is suggested that this is due to an error in the previously measured value of k / k upon which the relative measurements in the literature ultimately depend.