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Science 7 June 1991:
Vol. 252. no. 5011, pp. 1421 - 1424
DOI: 10.1126/science.252.5011.1421
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Molecular Beam Scattering from Liquid Surfaces

MARY E. SAECKER 1, STEVEN T. GOVONI 1, DANIEL V. KOWALSKI 1, MACKENZIE E. KING 1, and GILBERT M. NATHANSON 1

1 Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706

By means of controlled collisions of atoms and molecules with liquid surfaces, molecular beam experiments can be used to probe how gases stick to, rebound from, and exchange energy with molecules in the liquid phase. This report describes measurements of energy exchange in collisions between gases (neon, xenon, and sulfur hexafluoride) and polyatomic liquids (squalane and perfluoropolyether). Energy transfer depends critically on liquid composition and is more efficient for the hydrocarbon than for the perfluorinated ether.

Submitted on January 14, 1991
Accepted on April 4, 1991


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