Problem 9.7

a) Name at least three methods of ion activation.

b) Tell the differences between ion-neutral collision in the high-energy and in the low-energy regime.

c) In IRMPD, how many photons from a continuous wave carbon dioxide laser of 10.6 µm wavelength do you need to increase the internal energy of an ion by about 3 eV?


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