A GENERAL-ANALYSIS OF REACTIVE ION-TRANSPORT IN DYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM

In a drift-tube analysis, an asymptotic solution for the transport of inter-reacting multiple ion swarms approaching to dynamic equilibrium. is proposed. The solution describes a set of similar Gaussian profile s with two common ''equilibrium'' transport coefficients. Although all the profiles apparently aggregate to the same location, there exists a slight peak difference between arbitrary two spectra. The difference holds even in the equilibrium. A generalized equilibrium constant is defined by the quotient of two reaction-frequency determinants. Those four kinetic constants are uniquely determined from the kinetic coeffi cients of all ion species without any influence of the initial conditi ons. The discrepancy between the thermal equilibrium and dynamic equil ibrium is briefly discussed.