Abstract
The present paper describes the construction and operation of a new experimental device that combines the chemical versatility of a conventional flowing afterglow system with the energy variability of a drift tube. This allows the measurement of both positive and negative ion mobilities not previously measured. Ion mobility measurements offer a significant constraint upon the ion-neutral intermolecular potential and are therefore of value in testing either empirical or quantum mechanical theory. The mobilities of He+, He2+, H+, D+, O+, N+, Ar+, H2+, H3+, H2+, H−, O−, and OH− in helium and H3+ in H2 are presented in the present paper. The following papers describe positive ion-neutral and negative ion-neutral reaction rate constant measurements in the same device.
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