https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2014-50085-7
Regular Article
Electron swarm transport in THF and water mixtures*
1
ARC Centre for Antimatter-Matter Studies, School of Engineering
and Physical Sciences, James Cook University, 4810
Townsville,
Australia
2
ARC Centre for Antimatter-Matter Studies, School of Chemical and
Physical Sciences, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, SA
5001
Adelaide,
Australia
3
Institute of Mathematical Sciences, University of
Malaya, 5063
Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia
4
Instituto de Física Fundamental, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas,
28006
Madrid,
Spain
5
Instituto de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de
México, 62251
Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
6
Institute of Physics, University of Belgrade,
Pregrevica 118, 11080
Belgrade,
Serbia
a
e-mail: ronald.white@jcu.edu.au
Received: 30 January 2014
Received in final form: 24 February 2014
Published online: 20 May 2014
The transport coefficients of electrons in mixtures of gaseous water and tetrahydrofuran (THF) are calculated using a multi-term solution of the Boltzmann equation. Electron transport coefficients at room temperature are presented over a range of reduced electric fields from 0.1–1000 Td, with significant differences between the behaviour in pure water and pure THF being found. The influence of the water to THF mixture ratio on the calculated transport coefficients is also presented.
© EDP Sciences, Società Italiana di Fisica, Springer-Verlag 2014