Electron attachment and detachment: Electron affinities of isomers of trifluoromethylbenzonitrile

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 121, Issue 20, 2004, Pages 9993-9998

  Miller, Thomas M ^a   Viggiano, A A ^a   Friedman, Jeffrey F ^a,b   Van Doren, Jane M ^c  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^c Center for Interdisciplinary Studies   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON AFFINITY (EA); ELECTRON DETACHMENT; THERMAL ELECTRON ATTACHMENT; TRIFLUOROMETHYLBENZONITRILE (TFMBN);

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DEGASSING; DIFFUSION; ENTROPY; ISOMERS; MASS SPECTROMETERS; RESONANCE; SPECIFIC HEAT; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS;

RATE CONSTANTS;

EID: 10844253771     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1806418     Document Type: Article

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