Photodetachment-modulated electron capture detector

We have recently described another spectroscopic rnethod for observing IM reactions at atmospheric pressure that utilizes the photodetachment-modulated electron capture detector (PDM-ECD) as a means of monitoring the negative ions either consumed or produced in an IM reaction. The reaction of interest is made to occiu in a steady-state flow-through reactor in which ionization of the buffer gas is continuously caused by a Ni-on-Pt foil beta emitter. A chopped light beam of... 

Figure 4, Structure of a series of alkyl bromides and the rate constants (1 O " cm s ) for the IM reaction of each compound with the chloride ion, determined by the photodetachment-modulated electron capture detector (PDM-ECD) in 10% argon-inmethane buffer gas at atmospheric pressure and 125 °C. ...

Figure 5. The photodetachment spectra of Az measured by the photodetachment-modulated electron capture detector (PDM-ECD) in 10% argon-in-methane buffer gas at three different temperatures.

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