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WE have reported the ion/induced-dipole clustering of cold hydrogen gas on protons1 and showed that the ion H15+, which is probably H3+(H2)6, was particularly stable. Theoretical calculations by Poshusta et al.2 and Easterfield and Linnett3 indicate that the ions Li+(H2)n should also be stable. We now report experimental verification for this and also for the ions Li+(Ne)n.
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CLAMPITT, R., JEFFERIES, D. Ion Clusters. Nature 226, 141–142 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/226141a0
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