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Size-dependent collisional incorporation of D2O into (H2O)−n around n = 15: implications on the origin of magic numbers in the hydrated electron cluster distribution

✍ Scribed by Paul J. Campagnola; Donna M. Cyr; Mark A. Johnson


Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
1991
Tongue
English
Weight
632 KB
Volume
181
Category
Article
ISSN
0009-2614

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✦ Synopsis


We report a rapid increase in the propensity of D,O molecules to incorporate into (H,O); clusters upon collisions between D,O and a distribution of (H*O);, 6< n c 25, clusters. We interpret this effect by invoking a size-dependent associative electron detachment cross section which increases rapidly for ni IS. The implications of this detachment process on the "magic numbers" in the (H,O); distribution are discussed.