Threshold behavior for collision-induced dissociation of CsCl and Cs/sub 2/Cl/sub 2/ by SF/sub 6/ molecules
Absolute cross sections have been determined for collision-induced dissociation of cesium chloride (monomer and dimer) from collisions with SF/sub 6/ molecules. SF/sub 6/ was aerodynamically accelerated in H/sub 2/ to laboratory energies up to 11 eV. Mass analysis of the product ions indicate the occurrence of the reactions (a) SF/sub 6/+CsCl..-->..SF/sub 6/+Cs/sup +/+Cl/sup -/, (b) SF/sub 6/+Cs/sub 2/Cl/sub 2/..-->..SF/sub 6/ +Cs/sub 2/Cl/sup +/+Cl/sup -/, (c) SF/sub 6/+Cs/sub 2/Cl/sub 2/..-->..SF/sub 6/+Cs/sup +/+CsCl/sub 2//sup -/. The absolute cross sections for these reactions were determined from threshold to approximately 2 eV above threshold. In this energy region, the cross sections were accurately represented by a power law, sigma=A/sub 0/ x (E/sub tot/-E/sub 0/)/sup n//E/sub rel/, where E/sub tot/ is the total energy, E/sub 0/ the threshold energy, and E/sub rel/ the relative kinetic energy. Values for A/sub 0/ for Reactions (a) and (b) are approximately an order of magnitude smaller than for the analogous reactions with Xe, while A/sub 0/ for Reaction (c) is a factor of 3 smaller. In spite of the molecular character of the projectile the thresholds for Reactions (a) and (b) are very near those observed in the case of Xe. For Reaction (c), however, the threshold is about 1 eV higher. The powers n obtained for the above reactions are all about 1.0 higher than those obtained for the reactions with Xe. This effect, in particular, most likely arises from the SF/sub 6/ internal degrees of freedom which absorb energy in the collision.
- Research Organization:
- Chemistry Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439
- OSTI ID:
- 6752829
- Journal Information:
- J. Chem. Phys.; (United States), Vol. 69:3
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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