Low-Field Mobilities of the Negative Ions in Oxygen, Sulfur Hexafluoride, Sulfur Dioxide, and Hydrogen Chloride

Abstract
Measurements of the low-field mobility of the negative ions in O2, SF6, SO2, and HCl are described. The results are 2.46, 0.57, 0.35, and 0.71 cm2/v-sec, respectively, reduced to 0°C and 760 mm Hg pressure. A quantum-mechanical theory of ionic mobility is outlined and applied to the gases investigated experimentally. Comparison of the experimental and theoretical results indicates that the oxygen ion is O3, but attempts to identify the ions in the other gases are inconclusive.

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