On the Inverse Isotope Effect in Dissociative Attachment of Electrons in Methane

摘要

Observations of dissociative attachment of electrons to methane (CH4) and deuterated methane (CD4) were previously reported. The cross section for the formation of H(-), CH2(-), and the corresponding deuterated species were reported. The present report points out that the so-called inverse isotope effect is simply the m to the 1/4th dependence.