Solvation Structure of NaI on the Surface of Ethanol Solution

Fumitaka Mafuné; Tamotsu Kondow

doi:10.1071/CH04121

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Solvation Structure of NaI on the Surface of Ethanol Solution

Fumitaka Mafuné ^A ^C and Tamotsu Kondow ^B

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^A Department of Basic Science, School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan.

^B Cluster Research Laboratory, Toyota Technological Institute, Chiba 272-0001, Japan.

^C Corresponding author. Email: mafune@cluster.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Australian Journal of Chemistry 57(12) 1165-1167 https://doi.org/10.1071/CH04121
Submitted: 6 May 2004 Accepted: 26 August 2004 Published: 8 December 2004

Abstract

An ethanol solution of sodium iodide (NaI) was introduced into a vacuum as a continuous liquid flow (liquid beam), and the surface of the solution was illuminated by a laser with a wavelength of 118 nm. The kinetic energies of photoelectrons emitted from the surface were measured as a function of NaI concentration in the solution. The photoelectron spectra thus obtained exhibit peaks associated with I⁻ and (NaI)_n which are solvated by ethanol. It was concluded that NaI aggregates into clusters, (NaI)_n, on the ethanol solution surface, in agreement with previous photo-ion mass spectrometry studies.

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Solvation Structure of NaI on the Surface of Ethanol Solution

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