Copper oxide cluster ions CunOm n=1-22, m=1-12 are generated by 523 nm laser ablation of CuCO3 solid sample with Time of Flight Mass Spectrometer detection.By changing precursor, we get sbolar TOF MS from Cu(NO3)2 sample, but narrower mass distribution from CuO sample. We suggest that this is caused by collisionally stabilization. Small gas molecules CO2 and NO2, generated by laser ablation of CuCO3 and Cu(NO3)2, act as bther gas in supersonic molecular bearns, and they are helpful for the production of high mass clusters.
