Dissociative Recombination of Acetone Fragments, Adducts, and Dimer Ions

J Phys Chem A. 2017 Jun 1;121(21):4114-4122. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpca.7b00987. Epub 2017 May 18.

Abstract

The room temperature dissociative recombination of ions formed in an acetone/argon plasma has been studied using the flowing afterglow Langmuir probe-mass spectrometer method. By changing the concentration of acetone density, it is possible to have a plasma dominated by different types of ions (fragments, adducts, and dimer ions). The application of these measurements to astrophysical plasmas is discussed.