Gas Phase Ion Chemistry

List of Contributors

Preface

Contents of Volume 2

Chapter I Recent Advances in Flow Tubes: Measurement of Ion-Molecule Rate Coefficients and Product Distribution

I. Introduction

II. The Flowing Afterglow

III. The Flow-Drift Tube

IV. The Selected Ion Flow Tube (SIFT)

V. Future Developments

References

Chapter 2 Ion Chemistry of the Earth's Atmosphere

I. Introduction

II. E- and F-Region Ion Chemistry

III. D-Region Positive Ion Chemistry

IV. D-Region Negative Ion Chemistry

V. Stratospheric and Tropospheric Positive Ion Chemistry

VI. Stratospheric and Tropospheric Negative Ion Chemistry

VII. Summary

References

Chapter 3 Classical Ion-Molecule Collision Theory

I. Introduction

II. Pure Polarization Theory

III. Ion-Dipole Theory

IV. Ion-Quadrupole Theory

V. Effect of Induced Dipole-Induced Dipole Forces on Ion-Molecule Collisions

VI. Other Theories

VII. Summary and Prognosis

Appendix A. Calculation of θ(r) and dθ{r)ld for the ADO cos θ Model

Appendix B. Calculation of cos θ(r) for the ADO cos θ Model

Appendix C. Calculation of the r-Dependent Average Rotational Energy in the Plane of Collision in the AADO Theory

References

Chapter 4 Statistical Methods in Reaction Dynamics

I. Introduction

II. Statistical Theory

III. The Orbiting Transition State

IV. Application to Chemical Systems

V. Conclusions

References

Chapter 5 State Selection by Photoion-Photoelectron Coincidence

I. Introduction

II. Experimental Considerations

III. Applications

IV. Future Developments

References

Chapter 6 Temperature and Pressure Effects in the Kinetics of Ion-Molecule Reactions

I. Introduction

II. Temperature Effects in Bimolecular Exchange Reactions

III. Temperature and Pressure Effects in Association Reactions

IV. Temperature and Pressure Effects in the Thermal Decomposition of Gaseous Ions

V. Conclusions

References

Chapter 7 Energy Distribution in the Unimolecular Decomposition of Ions

I. Introduction

II. Theoretical Considerations

III. Experimental Methods

IV. Results and Discussions

V. Summary

References

Chapter 8 On the Rapidity of Ion-Molecule Reactions

I. Introduction

II. Some Characteristic Features of Ion-Molecule Reactions

III. Application of Orbital Symmetry Conservation Rules and Correlation Diagrams to Ion-Molecule Reactions

IV. Isotope Exchange Reaction of Ion-Molecule Collisions

V. Exchange Reactions of Ion Clusters

VI. Vibronic-Translation Relaxation of Ion-Atom Collisions

VII. Some Rules for Qualitative Estimation of Rate Constants of Exothermic and Thermoneutral Ion-Molecule Reactions

References

Index