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By means of a surface ionization indicator for traces of materials in the atmosphere it has been established that many natural materials containing terpenes and their derivatives are ionized on the surface of heated molybdenum oxide at atmospheric air pressure. A mass-spectrometer method has been used to explain the mechanism of ionization of individual terpene hydrocarbons and to establish its principles. The ionization of α-pinene, alloocimene, camphene, and also adamantane on oxidized tungsten under vacuum conditions has been investigated. The α-pinene and alloocimene are ionized by surface ionization but camphene and adamantane are not ionized under vacuum conditions. The surface ionization mass spectra of α-pinene and alloocimene are of low line brightness in comparison with electron ionization mass spectra and differ between themselves. The temperature relations for currents of the same compositions of ions during ionization of a-pinene and alloocimene are also different, which leads to the possibility of surface ionization analysis of mixtures of terpenes being ionized. The ionization coefficients of alloocimene and α-pinene on oxidized tungsten under temperatures optimum for ionization and the ionization potentials of alloocimene molecules and of radicals (M-H) of both compounds have been evaluated. The routes of monomolecular decompositions of metastable vibrationally excited ions have been followed. An explanation has been given for the difference in ionization capacities of different terpenes and the possibility of surface ionization of many hydrocarbons of a certain structure has been considered.
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Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Éksperimental'naya Khimiya, Vol. 22, No. 2, pp. 180–188, March–April, 1986.
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Zandberg, É.Y., Nezdyurov, A.L., Paleev, V.I. et al. Surface ionization of terpene hydrocarbons. Theor Exp Chem 22, 168–175 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00519188
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