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Measurements of recombination of electrons with hco(plus) ions
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Johnsen, R. Biondi, M. A. Leu, M. T. |
| Copyright Year | 1973 |
| Description | Recombination coefficients of electrons with HCO(+) ions were determined with a microwave afterglow/mass spectrometer apparatus. Afterglow measurements of electron density decays in neon-hydrogen-carbon monoxide mixtures are correlated with the decay of mass-identified ion currents to the wall of the microwave cavity. At the appropriate partial pressures of hydrogen and carbon monoxide in the mixture, the ion HCO(+) dominates the ion composition and its wall current approximately tracks the electron density decay curve. From recombination controlled electron density decay curves, the values alpha (HCO(+)) = (3.3 + or - 0.5) and (2.0 + or - 0.3) 0.0000001 cu cm/sec are obtained at 205 and 300 K, respectively. The implications of these results for models of polyatomic molecule formation in dense interstellar clouds are briefly discussed. |
| File Size | 386333 |
| Page Count | 14 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19730010972 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t2g78532h |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1973-03-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Physics, Atomic, Molecular, And Nuclear Polyatomic Molecules Electron Recombination Mass Spectrometers Afterglows Hydrogen Ionization Carbon Monoxide Interstellar Gas Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
