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Flourescence (Past exam question).
« on: August 13, 2009, 04:33:58 PM »
Hello there.

I am just going through some past exam questions and hit a problem:

Q:
A particular excited molecule can return to its ground state only by fluorescence
(kfl = 1.0 × 109 s–1) or quenching (kq = 1.5 × 10–10 cm3 molecule–1 s–1). For a concentration of
quencher, Q, equal to 1.3 × 1019 molecule cm–3, calculate the fraction of excited molecules
which fluoresce following their generation in a laser pulse.

A:
I have tried a few things with some equations I have written in my notes but can not seem to get this at all...please help  :-[.

My attempt:
Rate of florescence=(kf + kq[Q])[S1]  Where S1 is the excited molecule concentration.

Rate of florescence=(1e9*1.95e9)[S1]
Rate=


And I am just lost.

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