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Table 1 Possible ions corresponding to most abundant signals shown in Fig. 7

From: Methods of gas purification and effect on the ion composition in an RF atmospheric pressure plasma jet investigated by mass spectrometry

m/z

He,H

N,H

O,H

N,O,H

C-containing

5

HHe +

    

8

He\(_{2}^{+}\)

    

9

HHe\(_{2}^{+}\)

    

12

He\(_{3}^{+}\)

   

C +

14

 

N +

  

CH\(_{2}^{+}\)

15

 

NH +

  

CH\(_{3}^{+}\)

16

He\(_{4}^{+}\)

NH\(_{2}^{+}\)

O +

 

CH\(_{4}^{+}\)

17

HHe\(_{4}^{+}\)

NH\(_{3}^{+}\)

OH +

  

18

 

NH\(_{4}^{+}\)

H2O +

  

19

  

H3O +

  

27

    

C2H\(_{3}^{+}\), HCN +

28

 

N\(_{2}^{+}\)

  

C2H\(_{4}^{+}\), CO +

29

 

HN\(_{2}^{+}\)

  

C2H\(_{5}^{+}\)

30

 

H2N\(_{2}^{+}\)

 

NO +

C2H\(_{6}^{+}\), COH\(_{2}^{+}\)

31

   

HNO +

 

32

  

O\(_{2}^{+}\)

N +(H2O)

 

34

  

H2O\(_{2}^{+}\)

  

37

  

H +(H2O)2

  

42

 

N\(_{3}^{+}\)

   

44

   

N2O +

CO\(_{2}^{+}\)

46

   

NO\(_{2}^{+}\),N\(_{2}^{+}\)(H2O)

 

48

  

O\(_{3}^{+}\)

NO +(H2O)

 

55

  

H +(H2O)3

  

64

   

N\(_{2}^{+}\)(H2O)2

 

66

   

NO +(H2O)2

 

73

  

H +(H2O)4