Gaseous Electronics

5

MERCURY

CONTENTS

5.1 Selected References for Data

5.2 Total Scattering Cross Section

5.3 Differential Scattering Cross Section

5.4 Elastic Scattering Cross Section

5.5 Momentum Transfer Cross Section

5.6 Excitation Cross Section

5.7 Ionization Cross Section

5.8 Drift Velocity

5.9 Reduced Ionization Coefficients

5.10 Gas Constants

References

 

Mercury (Hg) has 80 electrons. The electronic polarizability is 5.585 × 10⁻⁴⁰ F m² and the ionization potential is 10.437 eV.

5.1 SELECTED REFERENCES FOR DATA

See Table 5.1.

5.2 TOTAL SCATTERING CROSS SECTION

The highlights of the total cross section are (Jost and Ohnemus, 1979)

1.A pronounced structure at 0.4 eV attributed to shape resonance

2.Resonance structure at ∼6 ...