Download or read book Photoionization of Atoms and Molecules written by Fred Loomis Mohler and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a review of experimental results on photoionization of atoms and some molecules. There are some quantitative data on all the alkalis, magnesium, calcium and thallium and all rare gases except xenon. Results are given for the common gases: hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, CO, CO2, NO, NO2, H2O and CH4. Autoionization, excitation to a state above the ionization threshold followed by transition to the ionized state, can be an important factor. Often the broad autoionization lines mask the true continuum. There are some mass spectrometric measurements of photoionization products for most of these molecules.