INFRARED-EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY AT 100-MU-M - VIBRATION-ROTATION SPECTRUM OF CSI

V BRAUN, B GUO, K Q ZHANG, M DULICK, P F BERNATH, G A MCRAE

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Abstract

The vibration-rotation emission spectrum of CsI was recorded in the 110-130 cm(-1) region of the spectrum. Although individual rotational lines were not resolved, we measured the positions of 29 band heads involving the vibrational bands from 1-0 to 30-29. These vibrational data when combined with previously measured microwave and millimeter-wave pure rotational transitions yielded improved Dunham constants. In addition, an experimentally derived Born-Oppenheimer potential is also reported and compared with the purely ionic internuclear potential of the Rittner model. The results reported here demonstrate that far-infrared emission spectroscopy is a very sensitive technique for detecting high-temperature molecules, even at wavelengths around 100 mu m.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)633-640
Number of pages8
JournalChemical Physics Letters
Volume228
Issue number6
Publication statusPublished - 14 Oct 1994

Keywords

  • COLLISION-INDUCED DISSOCIATION
  • ALKALI-HALIDE MOLECULES
  • CESIUM-HALIDES
  • BOND-ENERGIES
  • VAPORIZATION
  • IODIDE

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