INFRARED SPECTRUM OF THE PRODUCTS OF THE INTERACTION OF EXCITED NEON ATOMS WITH $CCl_{4}$ TRAPPED IN SOLID NEON

Abstract

When a $Ne:CCl_{4}$ sample is codeposited at approximately 5 K with a beam of neon atoms that have been excited in a microwave discharge, the infrared spectrum of the resulting solid deposit shows prominent absorptions that have previously been $assigned^{a}$ to $Cl_{2}CCl-Cl$, as well as other absorptions of uncharged, cationic $CCl_{a} (n= 1-3)$ and anionic $CCl_{n} (n=3,4)$ species. Studies of $Ne:^{1}3CCl_{4}$ samples and studies of the photodestruction of the products when the deposit is subjected to various bands of visible and ultraviolet radiation support the proposed assignments.