Absorption Coefficients of Gases in the Vacuum Ultraviolet. Part II. Nitrous Oxide

Abstract

Absorption coefficients of N₂O in the region 1080–2100A have been measured. Four continua were observed with maxima at 1820, 1450, 1285, and 1080A having f values of 0.0015, 0.0211, 0.367, and 0.1, respectively. The strongest absorption band in the ultraviolet lies at 1178A with an absorption coefficient of 3010 cm⁻¹ at its maximum. A number of new bands were observed, and some of them classified. Some of the continua have been interpreted in terms of possible dissociation processes, and a potential energy diagram is presented.