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Zero-field mobilities in helium: highly accurate values for use in ion mobility spectrometry

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International Journal for Ion Mobility Spectrometry

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The zero-field mobilities of 46 atomic ions in helium are calculated as functions of the gas temperature in an ion mobility spectrometer. The calculations are based on highly accurate, ab initio potential energy curves obtained in the last few years. In general, they start from a small value at low temperature, rise steadily to a maximum at some specific temperature, T max , and then decline at higher temperatures. The ratio of T max to the dissociation energy (well depth) of the ion-neutral interaction potential is shown to be approximation the same for all singly-charged ions and a few multiply-charged ions.

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The author is grateful for discussions with Dr. William Siems, who pointed out the need for data such as are reported here.

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Viehland, L.A. Zero-field mobilities in helium: highly accurate values for use in ion mobility spectrometry. Int. J. Ion Mobil. Spec. 15, 21–29 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12127-011-0079-4

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