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 language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 4843-4846 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Journal of Physical Chemistry A |
Volume | 114 |
Issue number | 14 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Apr 15 2010 |