Hot water from cold. the dissociative recombination of water cluster ions

R. D. Thomas, V. Zhaunerchyk, F. Hellberg, A. Ehlerding, W. D. Geppert, E. Bahati, M. E. Bannister, M. R. Fogle, C. R. Vane, A. Petrignani, P. U. Andersson, J. Öjekull, J. B.C. Pettersson, W. J. Van Der Zande, M. Larsson

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Abstract

Dissociative recombination of the Zundel cation D5O2+ almost exclusively produces D + 2 D2O with a maximum kinetic energy release of 5.1 eV. An imaging technique is used to investigate the distribution of the available reaction energy among these products. Analysis shows that as much as 4 eV can be stored internally by the molecular fragments, with a preference for producing highly excited molecular fragments, and that the deuteron shows a nonrandom distribution of kinetic energies. A possible mechanism and the implications for these observations are addressed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4843-4846
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of Physical Chemistry A
Volume114
Issue number14
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 15 2010

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