ABSTRACT
Tribromofluoromethane (CBr3F) is a polar, electron-attaching gas that has 120 electrons. Its electronic polarizability is 10.80 × 10−40 F m2 (Barszczewska et al., 2004).
Dissociative attachment of electrons occurs with the formation of both Br− and Br2− ions (Sunagawa and Shimamori, 1997) and the peak of the cross section occurs at zero energy. Table 71.1 gives the attachment rate constants. Figure 71.1 shows the attachment rate constants as a function of mean energy of the electron swarm.
