Mutual neutralization rates of ionospherically important ions

Details Mutual neutralization rates of ionospherically important ions Mutual neutralization rates of ionospherically important ions

Jul 1976

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Planetary and Space Science, vol. 24, July 1976, p. 697-703. Research supported by the Science Research Council.

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Atmospheric Chemistry, D Region, Ion Recombination, Ionic Reactions, Afterglows, Ionospheric Composition, Ionospheric Ion Density, Nitrogen Dioxide, Water

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Following measurements of the rate coefficients for mutual neutralization, alpha, of the ionospherically important reactions NO(+) + NO2(-)(alpha 1) and NO(+) + NO3(-)(alpha 2) carried out in ion-ion flowing afterglow plasmas at 300 K, the mutual neutralization rates for the water cluster ion H3O(+).(H2O)3 with a mixture of several negative ions which are known to exist in the D region have been determined. The alpha coefficients for these cluster ion reactions do not differ significantly from alpha 1 and alpha 2, all of these reactions having alpha about equal to .00000006 cu cm/sec, which is significantly smaller than values usually adopted in ionospheric calculations. Current information on the ionic composition of the D region and the implications of the present results to de-ionization rate calculations are discussed.

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