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The dependence of the CO2 concentration on the discharge conditions and the mixture composition in a CO laser is studied experimentally. The experimental data are compared with the calculated results. A scheme of the reactions that govern the concentration of CO2 molecules under the experimental conditions in question is constructed. It is shown that, in a gas-discharge plasma, an admixture of Xe in a mixture containing CO molecules gives rise to a new mechanism for the dissociation of CO2 molecules by metastable xenon atoms. Under conditions close to the operating conditions of sealed-off CO lasers, the dissociation of CO2 molecules in collisions with metastable. Xe(3P2) atoms becomes the dominant dissociation mechanism in a He: CO mixture because it proceeds at a fast rate. This explains the observed decrease in the CO2 concentration in a xenon-containing He: CO mixture.
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Translated from Fizika Plazmy, Vol. 29, No. 8, 2003, pp. 768–774.
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Grigorian, G.M., Dyatko, N.A. & Kochetov, I.V. New mechanism for the influence of Xe on the concentration of CO2 molecules in self-sustained CO-laser discharges. Plasma Phys. Rep. 29, 709–716 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.1601649
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