Thermal Energy Ion—Neutral Reaction Rates. IV. Nitrogen Ion Charge-Transfer Reactions with CO and CO2

Abstract
Charge‐transfer reaction rates have been measured for N+ and N2 + ions with CO and CO2 in a pulsed flowing afterglow system. The rates are all very close to 10−9 cm3/sec at 300°K, corresponding to essentially a charge transfer on every momentum‐transfer collision.