The production of carbon disulphide micro-clusters (CS2)(n) n less than or
equal to 11, by adiabatic gas expansion of mixture of CS2 vapour and Ar is
studied by using an electron impact ion source and a double focusing sector
field mass spectrometer. The appearance potentials for clusters n less tha
n or equal to 9 decreased as n increased but was not a simple function of 1
/n. The appearance pressures of observed clusters showed a slowly increasin
g dependence on cluster size. Results of measurements of appearance potenti
als and appearance pressures of selected clusters are described for a range
of operating conditions. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserve
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