Drift -Tube Ion Mobility Measurements o-o-o-o-o-o
C32+ C31+ C30+ C29+ Bowers and coworkers
Exploding Star Try to reproduce the stellar plasma in the laboratory
Focused laser pulse graphite disk He pulse
graphite disk skimmer hole into mass spectrometer carbon plasma Rick Smalley
Mass spectrum of carbon in which C60 and C70 were first recognised as special Rice Sussex NNC
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carbon plasma
skimmer hole into mass spectrometer
graphite disk skimmer hole into mass spectrometer carbon plasma Rick Smalley
Mass Spectrum of Carbon Vapour C13 in ca 1947 (Hahn et al) C33 in a carbon arc 1961 (Hintenberger et al Rice Sussex NNC
Rice Sussex NNC
Chains and Fullerenes + ???
C32+ Bowers and coworkers
C32+ Bowers and coworkers
C32+ C31+ Bowers and coworkers
C32+ C31+ C30+ Bowers and coworkers
graphite disk skimmer hole into mass spectrometer carbon plasma Rick Smalley
Plasma in lab Exploding Star Try to reproduce the stellar plasma in the laboratory
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At Sussex David Walton (shown here with a model of C24) and coworkers had synthesised polyyne chain molecules with up to 32 carbon atoms
Should produce long carbon chains Graphite Target
Should produce long carbon chains Graphite Target
C32+ C31+ C30+ C29+ Bowers and coworkers
Drift -Tube Ion Mobility Measurements o-o-o-o-o-o
Drift -Tube Ion Mobility Measurements o-o-o-o-o-o
Exploding Star
We tried to reproduce, in the laboratory, the plasma round a cool carbon star by vapourising graphite with a laser
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