ELECTRON-IMPACT DISSOCIATIVE IONIZATION AND THE SUBSEQUENT ION-MOLECULE REACTIONS IN A METHANE BEAM

Authors
TIAN CC VIDAL CR
Citation
Cc. Tian et Cr. Vidal, ELECTRON-IMPACT DISSOCIATIVE IONIZATION AND THE SUBSEQUENT ION-MOLECULE REACTIONS IN A METHANE BEAM, Chemical physics, 222(1), 1997, pp. 105-112
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical
Journal title
Chemical physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
03010104
Volume
222
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
105 - 112
Database
ISI
SICI code
0301-0104(1997)222:1<105:EDIATS>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
The cross-sections of the electron impact dissociative ionization of m ethane have been measured for electron energies from threshold to 100 eV. For CH4+ the results agree with the existing measurements. For the fragments of CH3+, CH2+, CH+, and C+, our results overlap with the pr evious results within their reported error limits. These earlier measu rements exceed their given error limits and hence are inconsistent. At higher backing pressures the subsequent ion-molecule reactions and th eir product ions have been measured. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science B.V.