ISSN:
1089-7690
Source:
AIP Digital Archive
Topics:
Physics
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
Classical trajectory simulations have been used to study Ar–ice Ih collisional energy transfer, trapping coefficients and scattering distributions for initial Ar kinetic energies between 0.1 and 2.0 eV, incident angles between 0 and 70° and surface temperatures between 0 and 300 K. Collisional energy transfer is extremely efficient due to substantial transfer of energy from the Ar atom to the ice surface over typically 2–4 gas-surface encounters, and the rapid dissipation of this energy away from the collision center, preventing energy transfer back to the Ar atom. This leads to large trapping coefficients over this range of Ar collision energies, incident angles and surface temperatures. Scattered gas atoms lose most of their initial kinetic energy and have broad angular distributions. The large trapping coefficients obtained for the Ar–ice collisions are expected to be found for similar reactions under stratospheric conditions (e.g., HCl–ice, HOCl–ice and ClONO2–ice). © 1999 American Institute of Physics.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.478433
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