Gas phase ion chemistry is a field of science encompassed dually within both Chemistry and Physics. It is the science that studies ions and molecules in the gas phase, most often enabled by some form of mass spectrometry. By far the most important application for this science is in studying the thermodynamics of reactions. For example one application is in studying the thermodynamics of the solvation of ions. Ions with small solvation spheres of 1,2 or 10 solvent molecules can be studied in the gas phase and then extrapolated to bulk solution.

External links

• http://webbook.nist.gov/chemistry/ion/

• Pure & Appl. Chem., Vol. 70, No. 10, pp. 1969-1976, 1998.

• Int. J. of Mass Spec. Volume 200, Issues 1-3, 25 December 2000, Pages 277-284

• Kent M. Ervin Group

References

Fundamentals of gas phase ion chemistry, Keith R. Jennings (ed.), Dordrecht, Boston, Kluwer Academic, 1991, pp. 226-8

Gas Phase Ion Chemistry, Michael T. Bowers, ed., Academic Press, New York, 1979

Gas Phase Ion Chemistry Vol 2.; Bowers, M.T., Ed.; Academic Press: New York, 1979

Gas Phase Ion Chemistry Vol 3., Michael T. Bowers, ed., Academic Press, New York, 1983