The investigation of thermal electron attachment to freons (R13, R23 a
nd R32) in the presence of carbon dioxide was continued using electron
swarm method. Second-, third- and fourth-order kinetics was observed.
The electron capture by (CF3Cl . CO2), (CH2F2) and (CHF3 . CO2) van d
er Waals complexes has been proposed and corresponding rate constants
estimated to be 1.7 x 10(-11) cm(3) molec(-1) s(-1), 1.1 x 10(-10) cm(
3) molec(-1) s(-1) and 3.0 x 10(-31) cm(6) molec(-2) s(-1). Copyright
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