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Table 2

Proton affinities PA and reaction enthalpies with negatively charged silicate grains ∆Hr of selected molecules M.

M MH+ Pa(M) [eV] ∆Hr [eV]
C3H2 −9.587 1.196
NH3 NH4+ −8.904 1.879
SiO SiOH+ −8.06 0.352
C4 C4H+ −8.032 0.324
CS HCS+ −8.00 0.2933
CH3OH CH3OH2+ −7.82 0.112
H2CS H3CS+ −7.587 −0.121
H2CO H3CO+ −7.47 −0.243
HCN HCNH+ −7.426 −0.282
H2S H3S+ −7.39 −0.314
H2O H3O+ −7.173 −0.535
HS H2S+ −6.98 −0.728
C2H2 C2H3+ −6.59 −1.119
CO HCO+ −6.1 −1.608
CH4 CH5+ −5.765 −1.943
N2 HN2+ −5.12 −2.588
H2 H3+ −1.36 −3.345

Notes. The proton affinities are calculated as , where and are the enthalpies of formation of the protonated molecule MH+, the neutral molecule M, and the proton, outside any electric fields, respectively (see Appendix D). The last column is the reaction enthalpy for a dissociative reaction of a protonated molecule with a negative dust grain Z + MH+ → Z + M + H (see Appendix D). The dashed line marks the threshold for reactions being considered in the code. The heat of formation data are from Millar et al. (1997) and Linstrom & Mallard (2022).

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