Description
Coherent light can be used to seed a chamber such as a cylinder filled with CO2. Ultra Violet light at 213 and 266 nm wavelength at high pressure 7.38MPa will dissociate near critical CO2, U. Brighton.
Background
Dissociation of carbon dioxide and creation of carbon particles and films at room temperature (UV) | http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1367-2630/9/9/321/meta | Ray Whitby | U. Brighton | Carbon was generated at 213nm and 266nm wavelength at 7.38 MPa and 31.0ºC from Near Critical CO2 broading and shifting of the D and G peaks on obtained sample, ID as highly disordered carbon (D => 1380 compared to 1350 cm^-1 for graphene (two TO phonons near K point)), G peak, 1600 vs graphene G => 1580 cm^-1 (double degenerate TO ^ LO phonon mode, at gamma point) Opalescence didn’t correlate to generating solid carbon, only lowering the wavelength acting on ncCO2. Opalescence would indicate the atoms would vibrate down to a specific resonant state, yet it was the wavelength at the same pressure and temp that governed solidification. Would higher pressure force the molecules to a smaller space where more laser light would be more likely to ionize to ultimately break bonds? |