Vibrational Spectra of Diatomic Molecules
The lowest vibrational transitions of diatomic molecules approximate the quantum harmonic oscillator and can be used to imply the bond force constants for small oscillations.
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The following is a sampling of transition frequencies from the n=0 to n=1 vibrational level for diatomic molecules and the calculated force constants.
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| Vibration-rotation spectrum of HCl | HBr |
Schrodinger equation concepts
Molecular spectra concepts
References
Thornton & Rex
Sec 11-1
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