Measurements of kinetic energy release following the unimolecular and collision‐induced dissociation of argon cluster ions, Ar+n, for n in the range 2–60
Measurements of kinetic energy release following the unimolecular and collision‐induced dissociation of argon cluster ions, Ar+n, for n in the range 2–60
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测量氩簇离子 (Ar+n) 单分子和碰撞诱导解离后的动能释放(n 在 2–60 范围内)
DOI:
10.1063/1.460632
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发表时间:
1991
影响因子:
4.4
通讯作者:
A. Stace
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作者:
C. A. Woodward;A. Stace
A double‐focusing mass spectrometer in conjunction with a cluster beam source has been used to measure the average kinetic energy released following the unimolecular and collision‐induced fragmentation (CID) of argon cluster ions. Measurements on unimolecular decay have been made for clusters in the range Ar+5–Ar+60, and for the CID studies the range was Ar+2–Ar+30. Within the observation time window, the kinetic energy release results for the loss of a single argon atom via unimolecular decay are consistent with internal energy being partitioned statistically. Three separate CID routes are identified: (i) loss of one Ar atom; (ii) rapid ( 10−7 s. It is proposed that the CID of small cluster ions proceeds via electronic excitation; but that as the clusters increase in size (n>4) vibrational excitation predominates. A simple spectator model of collisional excitation accounts for the ...