THE PHOTOIONIZATION OF NITROGEN DIOXIDE
- 1 June 1962
- journal article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Chemistry
- Vol. 40 (6), 1064-1067
- https://doi.org/10.1139/v62-163
Abstract
The ionization of nitrogen dioxide by photons has been studied using a photoionization mass spectrometric technique and also by the ordinary electron impact method. The photoionization results show a large variation in the relative ionization efficiency within the energy range 9–14 ev, and help to explain the differences between previously reported values for the first ionization potential of this compound. The photoionization efficiency curve indicates the first ionization potential to lie at 9.8 ev and inner ionization potentials to lie at about 11.1 and 12.7 ev.The electron impact ionization efficiency curve for the NO2+ ion exhibits a low ion intensity near the threshold. This confirms the viewpoint that previous determinations of the first ionization potential have employed threshold energy measuring techniques not properly suited for the type of molecule such as nitrogen dioxide which radically changes symmetry on ionization.Keywords
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