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potassium superoxide
- Formula: KO2
- Molecular weight: 71.0971
- CAS Registry Number: 12030-88-5
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Vibrational and/or electronic energy levels
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Data compilation copyright by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce on behalf of the U.S.A. All rights reserved.
Data compiled by: Marilyn E. Jacox
State: ?
| Energy (cm-1) |
Med. | Transition | λmin (nm) |
λmax (nm) |
References | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tx = 39530 | Ar | Andrews, 1976 | |||||
State: X
| Vib. sym. |
No. | Approximate type of mode |
cm-1 | Med. | Method | References | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a1 | 1 | OO stretch | 1108 | Ar | Ra | Smardzewski and Andrews, 1972 | |
| 2 | OKO s-stretch | 307.5 | Ar | IR | Andrews, 1971 | ||
Notes
| x | Energy separation between the band maximum of the excited electronic state and the v = 0 level of the ground state. |
References
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Data compilation copyright by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce on behalf of the U.S.A. All rights reserved.
Andrews, 1976
Andrews, L.,
Ultraviolet absorption studies of the alkali metal atom-oxygen molecule matrix reaction,
J. Mol. Spectrosc., 1976, 61, 3, 337, https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-2852(76)90324-6
. [all data]
Smardzewski and Andrews, 1972
Smardzewski, R.R.; Andrews, L.,
Raman Spectra of the Products of Na and K Atom Argon Matrix Reactions with O2 Molecules,
J. Chem. Phys., 1972, 57, 3, 1327, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1678396
. [all data]
Andrews, 1971
Andrews, L.,
Matrix Reactions of K and Rb Atoms with Oxygen Molecules,
J. Chem. Phys., 1971, 54, 11, 4935, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1674772
. [all data]
Notes
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