Investigation of processes associated with photolysis of SPF3

The method of kinetic absorption spectroscopy was used in an experimental investigation of the kinetics of the processes accompanying the photolysis of gaseous SPF₃. The rate constants of the deactivation of the sulfur atoms S(3¹D₂) and of the quenching of the sulfur molecules S₂(a¹Δ_g) were determined. The rate constants of the reactions of SPF₃ with sulfur atoms in the ground (3³P_j) and excited (3¹D₂) states were also obtained.