Halogen recombination: dissociation reactions. Current status

Recombination and dissociation rate constants for halogens, obtained by a variety of experimental techniques, are assembled and compared. In general, more accurate and precise rate constants are obtained by more recent investigators, who learned from the experiences of their predecessors. Surprisingly, a large amount of data on recombination of halogen atoms, in the presence of even the simplest third bodies, is still not available. On the other hand, much of the available data can now be considered quite reliable. Trajectory calculations yield recombination rate constants in fair agreement with experiments. 6 figures, 70 references