Mobilities and Longitudinal Diffusion Coefficients of Mass-Identied Potassium Ions and Positive and Negative Oxygen Ions in Oxygen.

Abstract

Measurements at room temperature of the mobility and longitudinal diffusion coefficient have been made for low energy mass-identified potassium ions and positive and negative oxygen ions in oxygen gas in a drift tube mass spectrometer. The zero-field reduced mobilities of K(+) and O2(+) were found to be 2.68 plus or minus 0.11 and 2.24 plus or minus 0.09 sq cm/V sec, respectively. O(-), O2(-), and O3(-) were determined to have zero-field reduced mobilities. The zero-field reduced mobility of O4(+) was determined to be close to that of O2(+) and the mobility of O4(-) was shown to be similar to that for O2(-). The longitudinal diffusion coefficients were measured for O2(+), K(+), O(-), and O2(-) in O2. The longitudinal diffusion coefficients of all investigated ionic species at low E/N were at least within 16 per cent of the values predicted from the mobilities by the Einstein Relation. At higher E/N the coefficients increased, in some cases quite rapidly, as E/N was increased. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0714237

Entities

People

  • D. J. Volz
  • D. W. Martin
  • E. W. Mcdaniel
  • J. H. Schummers
  • R. M. Snuggs

Organizations

  • Purdue University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Coefficients
  • Cooperation
  • Diffusion
  • Diffusion Coefficient
  • Mass Spectrometers
  • Measurement
  • Measuring Instruments
  • Mobility
  • Potassium
  • Spectrometers

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

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  • Plasma Physics.