Dissociation of CO+ and CO++ Ions by Collision with Neutral Molecules

Autor: G. F. Wells, C. E. Melton
Rok vydání: 1957
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Zdroj: The Journal of Chemical Physics. 27:1132-1141
ISSN: 1089-7690
0021-9606
DOI: 10.1063/1.1743945
Popis: The dissociations of CO+ and CO++ ions by ion‐molecule collision have been investigated with a mass spectrometer. CO+ dissociates into C+ and O, or C and O+, depending upon the energy of the parent ion. The predominant ion resulting from dissociation of CO++ is C+ suggesting a charge‐exchange dissociation reaction. This is supported by the observation that neutral molecules having high ionization potentials such as He and Ne do not produce dissociation in CO++. Energy for the dissociation of CO++ is derived from the electronic energy of the molecular ion rather than from kinetic energy.
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