Electron attachment to van der Waals polymers of carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide
- 15 August 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in The Journal of Chemical Physics
- Vol. 69 (4), 1636-1643
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.436738
Abstract
Negative ions formed by electron attachment to carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide, expanded through a sonic nozzle, are reported. In each case the dominant ions have the formula O−(M)n, where M is the parent monomer. The appearance potential of O− in each case indicates the absence of ’’hot bands.’’ Ions with the formula (CO2)−n, with n?2, evidently formed by evaporative electron attachment, seem to be stable with respect to autodetachment. The ’’three‐body’’ mechanism for attachment of thermal electrons to nitrous oxide and oxygen is discussed.Keywords
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