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The temperature (T) and electric field-to-gas pressure (E/P) dependences of the rate coefficientk for the reaction SF −6 +SOF4→SOF −5 +SF5 have been measured. ForT<270 K,k approaches a constant of 2.1×10−9 cm3/s, and for 433>T>270 K,k decreases withT according tok (cm3/s)=0.124 exp [−3.3 lnT(K)]. ForE/P<V/cm·torr,k has a constant value of about 2.5×10−10 cm3/s, and for 130 V/cm·torr>E/P>60 V/cm·torr, the rate is approximately given byk (cm3/s)∼7.0×10−10 exp (−0.022E/P). The measured rate coefficient is used to estimate the influence of this reaction on SOF4 production from negative, point-plane, glow-type corona discharges in gas mixtures containing SF6 and at least trace amounts of O2 and H2O. A chemical kinetics model of the ion-drift region in the discharge gap is used to fit experimental data on SOF4 yields assuming that the SF −6 +SOF4 reaction is the predominant SOF4 loss mechanism. It is found that the contribution of this reaction to SOF4 destruction falls considerably below the estimated maximum effect assuming that SF −6 is the predominant charge carrier which reacts only with SOF4. The results of this analysis suggest that SF −6 is efficiently deactivated by other reactions, and the influence of SF −6 +SOF4 on SOF4 production is not necessarily more significant than that of other slower secondary processes such as gas-phase hydrolysis.
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Van Brunt, R.J., Sieck, L.W., Sauers, I. et al. Transfer of F− in the reaction of SF −6 with SOF4: Implications for SOF4 production in corona discharges. Plasma Chem Plasma Process 8, 225–246 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01016159
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