Cross sections for electron scattering from αα-tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol

We report on measurements of integral cross sections (ICSs) for electron impact excitation of a series of Rydberg electronic-states in αα-tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol. The energy range of these experiments was 20–50 eV. There are currently no other results against which we can directly compare those measured data. We also report results from our independent atom model with screened additivity rule correction computations, namely for the total cross section, elastic ICS, inelastic ICS (all discrete electronic states and neutral dissociation) and the total ionisation ICS. Where possible, our calculated cross sections are compared to the limited available data of each scattering process.