STUDY OF CO2 CLUSTERS BY MASS SPECTROMETRY

J. Dıbek, L. Michalak

Institute of Physics, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Pl. M. Curie-Sklodowskiej 1, 20-031 Lublin, Poland


The beams of (CO2)n cluster ions (n = 2-18) are studied by the adiabatic nozzle expansion of CO2 and subsequent ionization by the electron impact. They are analysed in a double focussed sector field mass spectrometer. In the case of 70 eV electron energy four homologous series of ions can be identified in the mass spectrum.