84

TRICHLOROETHENE

CONTENTS

 

Trichloroethene (C2HCl3) is an electron-attaching, weakly polar molecule that has 64 electrons. Its electronic polarizability is 11.16 × 10−40F m2, dipole moment 0.8 D, and ionization potential is 9.46 eV.

84.1 IONIZATION CROSS SECTIONS

Ionization cross sections have been measured by Hudson et al. (2001) as shown in Table 84.1 and Figure 84.1.

TABLE 84.1Ionization Cross Sections for C2HCl3

Energy (eV)

Qi (10−20 m2)

Energy (eV)

Qi (10−20 m2)

16

2.80

97

17.66

20

6.31

101

17.65

23

9.39

105

17.37

27

11.31

108

17.17

31

12.82

112

17.15

34

14.00

116

17.09

38

14.49

119

17.04

42

15.15

123

16.99 ...

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