Evaporation of clusters in a heat bath

被引:17
作者
Chandezon, F [1 ]
Hansen, PM [1 ]
Ristori, C [1 ]
Pedersen, J [1 ]
Westergaard, J [1 ]
Bjornholm, S [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV COPENHAGEN,NIELS BOHR INST,DK-2100 COPENHAGEN O,DENMARK
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10.1016/S0009-2614(97)00970-6
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O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
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070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
A new experimental method, where sodium clusters are passed through a gas-filled thermostat before they are cooled and subjected to time-of-flight mass analysis, is presented. Decay rates, k(N), and activation energies, D(N), for evaporation from the least-bound clusters are determined with good accuracy. The cluster distributions emerging from the heat bath are more strongly modulated by shell effects than previously observed with ensembles of clusters evaporating in vacuum. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science B.V.
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