Xiaowei Song, Lecheng Lyu, Jinheng Xu, Dong Xing, Xinxing Zhang, Richard N Zare
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Clarifying the Identity of the m/z 36 Ion in Water Microdroplet Mass Spectra.
Several lines of evidence are presented that when ultrapure water is sprayed into air and the resulting water microdroplets are mass analyzed a peak at m/z 36 appears, which is identified as the water dimer cation. The water dimer cation, (H2O)2+•, and the hydrated ammonium cation, NH4+·H2O, have essentially indistinguishable mass differences in a low-resolution mass spectrum. By comparing the behavior of (H2O)2+• and NH4+·H2O with temperature and salt concentration, we can rule out the formation of NH4+·H2O in the spraying of ultrapure water into laboratory air.
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The Journal of Physical Chemistry A is devoted to reporting new and original experimental and theoretical basic research of interest to physical chemists, biophysical chemists, and chemical physicists.