Single- and Double-Electron Transfer Reactions of Ground and Metastable State Ar2+ Ions

ACS Citation

Shields, G. C.; Moran, T. F. Single- and Double-Electron Transfer Reactions of Ground and Metastable State Ar2+ Ions. J. Phys. B - At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 1983, 16 (19), 3591-€“3601.

Abstract

Electron transfer cross sections have been measured for reactions of Ar2+ ions with Ar, N2, O2, CO2, CH4 and C2H6. Time-of-flight techniques have been used to measure both fast neutral Ar0 and fast Ar+ products from single- and double-electron transfer processes involving Ar2+ ions with 4.0 to 7.0 keV impact energies. Incident Ar2+ ions have produced by controlled electron impact ionisation of argon atoms. Reactions have been examined as a function of ionising electron energy and cross sections determined for ground state Ar2+(3P) ions. Charge transfer cross sections have been determined to be in the range of 3*10-16 cm2 for the systems examined. Double-electron transfer cross sections are the same order of magnitude as those measured for the corresponding single-electron transfer reactions. The state distribution of the reactant ion beam has been estimated and electron transfer cross sections obtained for single- and double-electron transfer reactions of metastable Ar2+ ions. The magnitudes of electron transfer cross sections in individual systems are similar for both ground and metastable state Ar2+ reactions.

Source Name

Journal of Physics B - Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics

Publication Date

1983

Volume

16

Issue

19

Page(s)

3591-3601

Document Type

Citation

Citation Type

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