A practical fit formula for ionization rate coefficients of atoms and ions by electron impact: Z = 1-28. G. S. Voronov (1997, Atomic Data and Nuclear Data Tables, 65, 1). Fit parameters for direct ionization rates. Byte-per-byte description of file: ci.dat (406 records) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bytes Format Units Label Explanations ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1- 5 A5 --- Ion Element symbol and stage of ionization 7- 8 I2 --- Z Atomic number 10- 11 I2 --- N Number of electrons 13- 19 F7.1 eV dE Ionization energy 21- 21 I1 --- P Fit parameter 23- 31 E9.3 cm^3/s A Fit parameter 33- 38 F6.4 --- X Fit parameter 40- 43 F4.2 --- K Fit parameter 45- 48 I4 eV Tmin Lower bound of electron temperature 50- 53 I4 keV Tmax Upper bound of electron temperature -------------------------------------------------------------------------------