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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