On the Collision Mechanism of Bimolecular Reactions. IV. Intramolecular Isotope and Stripping Effects in the Reactions of Ar+ and of N2+ Ions with HD

Abstract

The velocity spectra and cross sections for the reactions of Ar⁺ and of N₂⁺ with HD have been measured at different kinetic energies of the incident ions. The bands of the secondary ions ArH⁺, ArD⁺, N₂H⁺, and N₂D⁺ appear at the positions in the velocity spectra predicted by the stripping model. The cross sections for H‐ and D‐atom transfer are half as large as for the corresponding reactions with H₂ and D₂, respectively. The intensity ratio XH⁺/XD⁺ strongly increases at high energies as is expected from the stripping model.