Consider the diatomic molecule AB modeled as a rigid rotor (two masses separated by a fixed distance equal to the bond length of the molecule). The rotational constant of the diatomic AB is 25.5263 cm-1. (a) What is the difference in energy, expressed in wavenumbers, between the energy levels of AB with J = 10 and J = 6? (b) Consider now a diatomic A'B', for which the atomic masses are ma 0.85 mA and mB' 0.85 mB and for its bond length rA'B' 0.913 rAB. What is the difference in energy, expressed in wavenumbers, between the energy levels of the A'B' molecule with J = 9 and .J = 7?

Consider the diatomic molecule AB modeled as a rigid rotor (two masses separated by a fixed distance equal to the bond length of the molecule). The rotational constant of the diatomic AB is 25.5263 cm-1. (a) What is the difference in energy, expressed in wavenumbers, between the energy levels of AB with J = 10 and J = 6? (b) Consider now a diatomic A'B', for which the atomic masses are ma 0.85 mA and mB' 0.85 mB and for its bond length rA'B' 0.913 rAB. What is the difference in energy, expressed in wavenumbers, between the energy levels of the A'B' molecule with J = 9 and .J = 7?

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