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Table 3.

Total electron-impact ionisation cross-sections σimpact(X); initial fractions fi(X, g) and averaged sputtering yield YX.

Species (X) σimpact(a) fi(X, g) YX
Å2 molecules ion−1
H2 1.021 0.43 (3.4±1.0)×104
CO 2.516 0.39 (2.9±0.8)×104
C 2.317 0.04 (4.5±4.1)×103
O 1.363 0.01 (4.3±3.9)×103
H2CO 4.140 0.13 (2.5±2.3)×103

Notes.

(a)

From the NIST database (https://webbook.nist.gov/chemistry/), except σ impact ( C ) $ \sigma^{\mathrm{impact}}(\rm{C}) $ and σ impact ( O ) $ \sigma^{\mathrm{impact}}(\rm{O}) $ from Kim & Desclaux (2002).

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