Mass spectrometric investigations of homologous micro-clusters (n less than
or equal to 6) of carbon disulphide are studied by using an electron impac
t ion source and a double focusing sector field mass spectrometer. Clusters
are produced by adiabatic gas expansion of mixture of CS, vapour and Ar. T
he appearance potentials for ions (CS2)(n)S+, (CS2)(n)CS+, (CS2)(n)S-2(+) (
n = 1 and 2), CS2C+ and (CS2)(3)S+ are determined. The temperature dependen
ces of selected clusters are also presented. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd.
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