Nucleation Experiments in Molecular Beams.

Abstract

A nozzle molecular beam is used as a cluster generator, and the beam are examined with an ionization gage detector and high energy electron diffraction. The diffraction patterns of carbon dioxide and water for conditions of maximum clustering have 'averaged' cluster sizes of 1400 and 3400 molecules/cluster, and crystalline structure of simple cubic and diamond cubic which is characteristic of their respective bulk phases.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADA015705

Entities

People

  • Gilbert D. Stein
  • James A. Armstrong

Organizations

  • Northwestern University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Carbon Dioxide
  • Clustering
  • Crystal Structure
  • Detectors
  • Diffraction
  • Electron Diffraction
  • Electrons
  • Energy
  • Gages
  • Generators
  • High Energy
  • Ionization
  • Ionization Gages
  • Molecular Beams
  • Molecules

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Plasma Physics.
  • Quantum Chemistry
  • Thin Film Deposition Science.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics