Gaseous Electronics

78

ETHYLENE

CONTENTS

78.1 Selected References for Data

78.2 Total Scattering Cross Section

78.3 Elastic Scattering Cross Section

78.4 Momentum Transfer Cross Section

78.5 Ramsauer–Townsend Minimum

78.6 MERT Coefficients

78.7 Ionization Cross Section

78.8 Attachment Cross Section

78.9 Drift Velocity of Electrons

78.10 Diffusion Coefficients

78.11 First Ionization Coefficient

78.12 Gas Constants

References

 

Ethylene (C₂H₄), also known as ethene, belongs to the alkene group C_nH_2n with 16 electrons. It has an electronic polarizability of 4.73 × 10⁻⁴⁰ F m², nonpolar dissociation energy of 4.82 eV, and ionization potential of 10.514 eV. The molecule has 12 modes of vibration with the energies shown in Table 78.1 (Herzberg, ...