TY - JOUR
T1 - Properties of carbon cluster ions, C+·n, formed by dissociative ionization
AU - Lifshitz, Chava
AU - Peres, Tikva
AU - Agranat, Israel
PY - 1989/10/16
Y1 - 1989/10/16
N2 - Carbon cluster ions C+·n with n = 3, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 14 and 16 were produced by dissociative electron impact ionization of overcrowded perchloro hydrocarbons. We studied these ions by MS/MS methods including unimolecular mass analysed ion kinetic energy (MIKE) spectra and kinetic energy releases (KERs), collisionally activated dissociations (CAD), and charge stripping. The average kinetic energy releases as well as the instability towards fragmentation were observed to increase with increasing cluster size. MIKE and CAD spectra demonstrated characteristic "magic" neutral losses. All of the data are in remarkable agreement with available data on C+·n ions formed by laser vaporization of graphite, which suggests that the same ion structures are formed by both methods.
AB - Carbon cluster ions C+·n with n = 3, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 14 and 16 were produced by dissociative electron impact ionization of overcrowded perchloro hydrocarbons. We studied these ions by MS/MS methods including unimolecular mass analysed ion kinetic energy (MIKE) spectra and kinetic energy releases (KERs), collisionally activated dissociations (CAD), and charge stripping. The average kinetic energy releases as well as the instability towards fragmentation were observed to increase with increasing cluster size. MIKE and CAD spectra demonstrated characteristic "magic" neutral losses. All of the data are in remarkable agreement with available data on C+·n ions formed by laser vaporization of graphite, which suggests that the same ion structures are formed by both methods.
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U2 - 10.1016/0168-1176(89)80093-X
DO - 10.1016/0168-1176(89)80093-X
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AN - SCOPUS:0000982955
SN - 0168-1176
VL - 93
SP - 149
EP - 163
JO - International Journal of Mass Spectrometry and Ion Processes
JF - International Journal of Mass Spectrometry and Ion Processes
IS - 2
ER -