Abstract
A high-temperature linear ion trap reactor with hexapole design was homemade to study ion–molecule reactions at variable temperatures. The highest temperature for the trapped ions is up to 773 K, which is much higher than those in available reports. The reaction between V 2 O 6 − cluster anions and CO at different temperatures was investigated to evaluate the performance of this reactor. The apparent activation energy was determined to be 0.10 ± 0.02 eV, which is consistent with the barrier of 0.12 eV calculated by density functional theory. This indicates that the current experimental apparatus is prospective to study ion–molecule reactions at variable temperatures, and more kinetic details can be obtained to have a better understanding of chemical reactions that have overall barriers. [Figure not available: see fulltext.].
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 78-84 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry |
Volume | 29 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2018 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- CO oxidation
- Density functional theory
- Ion trap
- Ion-molecule reactions
- Mass spectrometry
- Variable temperature