Electron Affinity of Chlorine Dioxide

Authors

Lucia M. Babcock, Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge
Thomas C. Pentecost, Grand Valley State UniversityFollow
W. H. Koppenol, Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge

Disciplines

Chemistry

Abstract

The flowing afterglow technique was used to determine the electron affinity of chlorine dioxide. A value of 2.37 ± 0.10 eV was found by bracketing between the electron affinities of HS° and SF₄ as a lower limit and that of NO₂ as an upper limit. This value is in excellent agreement with 2.32 eV predicted from a simple thermodynamic cycle involving the reduction potential of the C10₂/C10₂^- couple and a Gibbs hydration energy identical with that of SO₂^-.

Original Citation

Babcock, L. M., Pentecost, T., & Koppenol, W. H. (1989). Electron affinity of chlorine dioxide. The Journal of Physical Chemistry, 93(25), 8126–8127. https://doi.org/10.1021/j100362a002

ScholarWorks Citation

Babcock, Lucia M.; Pentecost, Thomas C.; and Koppenol, W. H., "Electron Affinity of Chlorine Dioxide" (1989). Peer Reviewed Articles. 27.
https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/chm_articles/27