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HERO ID

2349715

Reference Type

Journal Article

Title

Ozone and carbon trioxide synthesis by low energy ion implantation onto solid carbon dioxide and implications to astrochemistry

Author(s)

Sivaraman, B; Raja Sekhar, BN; Fulvio, D; Hunniford, A; Mccullough, B; Palumbo, ME; Mason, N

Year

2013

Is Peer Reviewed?

Yes

Journal

Journal of Chemical Physics
ISSN: 0021-9606
EISSN: 1089-7690

Volume

139

Issue

Page Numbers

074706

Language

English

PMID

23968106

DOI

10.1063/1.4818166

Web of Science Id

WOS:000323509900045

Abstract

Ion implantation experiments were carried out on amorphous (30 K) and crystalline (80 K) solid CO2 using both reactive (D(+), H(+)) and non-reactive (He(+)) ions, simulating different irradiation environments on satellite and dust grain surfaces. Such ion irradiation synthesized several new species in the ice including ozone (O3), carbon trioxide (CO3), and carbon monoxide (CO) the main dissociation product of carbon dioxide. The yield of these products was found to be strongly dependent upon the ion used for irradiation and the sample temperature. Ion implantation changes the chemical composition of the ice with recorded infrared spectra clearly showing the coexistence of D3h and C2v isomers of CO3, for the first time, in ion irradiated CO2 ice.