Gaseous Electronics

19

HYDROGEN BROMIDE

CONTENTS

19.1 Selected References for Data

19.2 Vibrational Excitation Cross Section

19.3 Attachment Processes

19.4 Attachment Cross Section

19.5 Attachment Rate Constants

References

 

Hydrogen bromide (HBr) is an electron-attaching, polar molecule with 36 electrons. It has electronic polarizability of 4.017 × 10⁻⁴⁰ F m², dipole moment of 0.827 D, and ionization potential of 11.66 eV. The dissociation energy is 3.795 eV and the vibrational energy is 328.4 meV. The electron affinity of the molecule is 0.11 eV (Christophorou et al., 1968), and that of the attaching atom, Br, is 3.364 eV.

19.1 SELECTED REFERENCES FOR DATA

Table 19.1 shows selected references for data on HBr.

TABLE 19.1Selected References for ...