Ion-ion mutual neutralization and ion-neutral switching reactions of some stratospheric ions |
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Authors: | D Smith NG Adams E Alge |
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Institution: | Department of Space Research, The University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT England |
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Abstract: | Following the recent mass spectrometric observations of the ambient stratospheric positive and negative ions we have carried out co-ordinated laboratory experiments using a selected ion flow tube apparatus and a flowing afterglow apparatus for the following purposes: (i) to consider whether CH3CN is a viable candidate molecule for the species X in the observed stratospheric ion series H+ (H2On (X)m and (ii) to determine the binary mutual neutralization rate coefficients αi for the reactions ofH+ (H2O4 and H+(H2O)(CH3CN)3 with several of the negative ion species observed in the stratosphere. We conclude from (i) that CH3CN is indeed a viable candidate for X and from (ii) that the αi for stratospheric ions are within the limited range (5–6) × 10?8 cm3 s?1. |
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