https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/s10053-022-00425-3
Regular Article – Atomic and Molecular Collisions
Electron impact partial ionization cross sections of 1-butanol
1
Department of Physics, Keshav Mahavidyalaya, University of Delhi, 110034, Delhi, India
2
Department of Physics, Bhaskaracharya College of Applied Sciences, University of Delhi, 110075, New Delhi, India
3
Department of Physics and Astrophysics, University of Delhi, 110007, Delhi, India
Received:
27
October
2021
Accepted:
22
May
2022
Published online:
31
May
2022
The 1-butanol molecule is one of the most promising sources of biofuel, having the potential to replace fossil fuels. It can be used in combustion engines as fuel. During the combustion, plasma is created in which the electron interactions with neutral targets result in the formation of cations via dissociative ionization process. The energy-dependent cross sections are reported for different cations up to 5 keV in a very simple and efficient way within the framework of the binary-encounter model. The computation approach requires the binary-encounter-Bethe input parameters, ion energetics, and electron ionization mass spectrometry data. A good agreement is observed between the computed cross sections and experimental measurements for various cations. The work emphasizes the role of electron mass spectrometry in the study of the ionization process. The electron collision data would be useful to model the combustion process to develop efficient combustion engines. The present work provides the only available theoretical results for 1-butanol over an extensive energy range.
Kasturi Lal Baluja: Formerly at Department of Physics and Astrophysics, University of Delhi, Delhi, 110007, India.
Ajay Kumar Arora is on leave from his parent institution Keshav Mahavidyalaya.
Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/s10053-022-00425-3.
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