Electron and positron impact ionization cross sections of neutral molecular species dissociating from C4F7N and its mixtures

The electron and positron impact ionization cross sections are reported for neutral fragments originating from C₄F₇N and their mixture with air, CO₂, and N₂ using the Binary-Encounter Bethe (BEB) method and its variants, such as BEB-W and BEB-B. The neutral targets studied are HF, CO, CO₂, COF₂, CHF₃, CF₃, CF₄, C₂F₄, C₂F₆, C₃F₆, C₃F₈, C₄F₆, C₄F₈, C₄F₁₀, CN, HCN, CFN, C₂N₂, C₂FN, C₂F₃N, C₃F₃N, C₃F₄N, C₃F₅N molecules. The results for most of the targets for electron imapct ionization compare well with the available experimental and theoretical results. However, for most of the molecules, the estimates of positron impact ionization are the first attempt. The correlation of the maximum ionization cross section for both electrons and positrons with the polarizability and the number of electrons of the target gave a good correlation fit. The cross section data presented in this article are important for C₄F₇N plasma.