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Which of the following molecules should have pure rotational spectra?
(a) Deuterium,
(b) Carbon monoxide,
(c)
(d)
(e) Chloroform,
(f) Buckminsterfullerene,
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- 3. ^14N^16O (the superscripts represent the atomic mass number) (a) NO molecules rotate at an angular velocity of 2.01x10^12 rev/s, at the quantized rotational state with the rotational quantum number J of 3. Calculate the bond length of NO molecules. (b) Can NO molecules rotate under light irradiation? Explain your answer. (c) Calculate the effective force constant of the vibrational mode of NO at a frequency of 5.63x10^13 Hz measured by the infrared absorption spectrum. (d) NO has a bond energy of 6.29 eV. Applying the parabolic approximation to estimate the longest distance in which N and O atoms can be stretched before the dissociation of the molecular bondarrow_forwardA rotating methane molecule is described by the quantum numbers J, MJ, and K. (a) For methane, how many rotational states have an energy equal to hBJ(J + 1) with J= 8? (b) Now consider chloromethane. How many rotationalstates have an energy equal to hBJ(J + 1) with J = 8?arrow_forwardCalculate the rotational constant (B) for the molecule H12C14N, given that the H-C and C-N bond distances are 106.6 pm and 115.3 pm respectively.arrow_forward
- A molecule in a liquid undergoes about 1.0 × 1013 collisions in each second. Suppose that (i) every collision is effective in deactivating the molecule vibrationally and (ii) that one collision in 100 is effective. Calculate the width (in cm−1) of vibrational transitions in the molecule.arrow_forwardConsider 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?arrow_forward(c) When a gas is expanded very rapidly, its temperature can fall to a few degrees Kelvin. At these low temperatures, unusual molecules like ArHCl (Argon weakly bonded to HCl) can form on mixing. For the isotopic species Ar H$CI, the following rotational transitions were observed: J (1 → 2): 6714.44 MHz J (2 → 3): 10068.90 MHz Assume the molecule can be treated as a linear diatomic molecule (ArCl). (i) Calculate the rotational constant (B) and centrifugal distortion (D) constant for this molecule.arrow_forward
- Recall the selection rules for purely rotational microwave spectra: ΔJ = ±1. This came from angular momentum conservation (a photon has spin angular momentum ħ). In Raman scattering, one photon comes in and one photon goes out. What are the selection rules for rotational Raman transitions?(A) ΔJ = ±1(B) ΔJ = 0, ±1, ±2(C) ΔJ = 0, ±2 *(D) ΔJ = 0This is because a photon comes in and transfers one unit of ħ to the molecule, and one photon comes out again, which again has one unit of ħ. If the incoming and outgoing photons have the same spin, ΔJ = 0. If they have opposite spins, ΔJ = ±2. ____.arrow_forwardBut molecules combine both vibrational and rotational states in such a way that both selection rules must be satisfied if we are only talking about absorption or emission of electromagnetic radiation (i.e. photons). 5 1 images from Krane Ch 9. Relative absorption : 0.330 L=3 to L=2 L=2 to L = 1 Electronic excited state. Electronic ground state L→ L-1 L = 1 to L = 0 Ť 0.340 0.350 SE Energy (eV) 2B 0.360 : hf L=0 L=1 L=2 to to to L = 1 L = 2 L = 3 Photo 4 1 3 1 2 1 1 0 1 1 5 0 4 0 30 20 1 0 0 0 LN L→ L+1 0.370 0.380 no emission here because AL # 0, AL = +1 AN = ±1, HCI spectra. In the middle of the gap is the energy hf that would correspond to a pure vibrational transition, which would violate the rotational selection rule. What is the value of hf for the HCI spectra?arrow_forwardA molecule in a gas undergoes 2e+09 collisions in each second. Suppose that (a) every collision is effective in deactivating the molecule rotationally. Calculate the linewidth of rotational transitions in the molecule. (b) Suppose that 6 collisions in 10 are effective. MHz Submit Answer XMHarrow_forward
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