Relative rate data for the reactions of S(31 D 2) using the NS radical as a spectroscopic marker

The reactions of S(31D2), produced in the ultra-violet photolysis of OCS, have been studied with the gases, C2H6, C2H4, CH4, SF6, CO2, OCS, N2O, NO, CO, N2, H2, He, Ne, Ar, Kr and Xe. Relative rate data have been determined using the NS radical, formed in the reaction S(31D2)+ N2O → NS + NO as a spectroscopic marker.