화학공학소재연구정보센터
Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol.113, No.14, 5776-5783, 2000
Experimental and theoretical study of line mixing in methane spectra. IV. Influence of the temperature and of the band
Line-mixing effects are studied in infrared bands of CH4 perturbed by N-2 at various pressures. The effects of temperature are investigated in the nu(3) region whereas spectral shapes of the nu(2), nu(4), and nu(3) bands are compared at room temperature. The theoretical approach proposed in preceding papers is used in order to model and analyze the influence of collisions on the spectral shape. All model parameters are now fixed to values determined in the previous studies. Comparisons between measurements and spectra computed with and without the inclusion of line mixing are made. They show that our approach satisfactorily accounts for the effects of temperature, pressure, and of rotational quantum numbers on the absorption by the nu(3) band. Furthermore, the effects of collisions on spectra in the nu(4) region at room temperature are also correctly calculated. On the other hand, the proposed approach fails in modeling the evolution with increasing pressure of absorption in the spectral range containing the nu(2) band. This result is attributed to the Coriolis coupling between the nu(2) and nu(4) vibrational states and to a contribution whose physical origin remains unclear. The latter, which is negligible when CH4-He mixtures are considered, behaves as collision-induced absorption.