Dissociation of CH4 by Electron Impact: Production of Metastable Hydrogen and Carbon Fragments

Abstract

Metastable fragments produced by electron impact excitation of CH4 have been investigated for incident electron energies from threshold to 300 eV. Only metastable hydrogen and carbon atoms were observed. Most of the fragments appear to have been formed in high-lying Rydberg states. The total metastable hydrogen and carbon cross sections are reported.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1974
Accession Number
AD0787294

Entities

People

  • B. L. Carnahan
  • E. C. Zipf
  • T. G. Finn

Organizations

  • University of Pittsburgh

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Analyzers
  • Charged Particles
  • Detectors
  • Electric Fields
  • Electron Beams
  • Electron Energy
  • Electronic States
  • Electrons
  • Electrostatic Fields
  • Energy
  • Excitation
  • Hydrogen
  • Intensity
  • Kinetic Energy
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Quantum Numbers
  • Radiation

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics