Study of low-energy electron attachment to 1,1,1-C2Cl3F3 using K(n d) Rydberg atoms

1 May 1987

journal article
research article
Published by AIP Publishing in The Journal of Chemical Physics

Vol. 86 (9) , 4945-4948
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.452664

Abstract

Studies of K(nd) Rydberg atom collisions (10≤n≤100) are used to investigate electron attachment to trichlorotrifluoroethane 1,1,1‐C₂Cl₃F₃ (TCTFE) at subthermal energies. The Rydberg atom data indicate that electron attachment to TCTFE occurs predominantly through dissociative capture and that the cross section for this process is large. Differences between the present results and those obtained using the threshold photoelectron spectroscopy (TPSA) technique are discussed.

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