XIV.<i>On the behaviour of electrons amongst the molecules NH₃, H₂O, and HCl</i>

Abstract

Summary The problem of determining the statistical behaviour of electrons amongst molecules, to which they may become attached, has now been solved for those conditions where ionization by collision is absent and where the negative ions are permanent. The methods used and their application to the gases NH3, H20, and HC1 are described in some detail, and are found to give consistent results for the energy of agitation of electrons, their velocity of drift, and their probability of attachment to molecules per unit distance of drift.