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Electron impact study of potassium hydroxideAn attempt is made to measure the sum of the elastic, rotational and vibrational scattering of electrons by KOH at low impact energies (5 to 20 eV) at angles from 10 to 120 deg. Energy loss spectra taken in the 0 to 18 eV range using an electron impact spectrometer are used to identify the species contributing to electric scattering. At temperatures between 300 and 500 C, only inelastic spectral features belonging to water are detected, while at temperatures from 500 to 800 C strong atomic K lines, indicative of molecular dissociation, and H2 energy loss features become prominent. No features attributable to KOH, the KOH dimer, O2 or potassium oxides were observed, due to the effects of the dissociation products, and it is concluded that another technique will have to be developed in order to measure electron scattering by KOH.
Document ID
19800027839
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Vuskovic, L.
(California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.; Institut za Fiziku Belgrade, Yugoslavia)
Trajmar, S.
(California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena Calif., United States)
Date Acquired
August 10, 2013
Publication Date
November 1, 1979
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Chemical Physics
Volume: 71
Subject Category
Plasma Physics
Accession Number
80A12009
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS7-100
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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