Experimental observation of the negatively charged water dimer and other small (H2O)−n clusters
- 15 October 1984
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in The Journal of Chemical Physics
- Vol. 81 (8) , 3742-3744
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.448127
Abstract
Beams of (H2O)−n and (D2O)−n have been produced by injecting low energy electrons into a supersonic expansion of water and heavy water seeded in rare gases. Clusters with n≥2, with the exception of n=4, have been observed. The size distribution can be separated into three groups (n=2, n=6–7, and n≥10), which may be associated with different types of electron binding. The nn≥10 correspond to the n=11 threshold observed earlier in pure H2O expansions.Keywords
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