Rubidium, compound with sodium (1:1)


Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data compiled by: Sharon G. Lias, John E. Bartmess, Joel F. Liebman, John L. Holmes, Rhoda D. Levin, and W. Gary Mallard

Ionization energy determinations

IE (eV) Method Reference
4.32 ± 0.04PIKappes and Schumacher, 1985
4.32 ± 0.06PIKappes, Radi, et al., 1985

Constants of diatomic molecules

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Data compiled by: Klaus P. Huber and Gerhard H. Herzberg

Data collected through March, 1977

Symbols used in the table of constants
SymbolMeaning
State electronic state and / or symmetry symbol
Te minimum electronic energy (cm-1)
ωe vibrational constant – first term (cm-1)
ωexe vibrational constant – second term (cm-1)
ωeye vibrational constant – third term (cm-1)
Be rotational constant in equilibrium position (cm-1)
αe rotational constant – first term (cm-1)
γe rotation-vibration interaction constant (cm-1)
De centrifugal distortion constant (cm-1)
βe rotational constant – first term, centrifugal force (cm-1)
re internuclear distance (Å)
Trans. observed transition(s) corresponding to electronic state
ν00 position of 0-0 band (units noted in table)
Diatomic constants for 23Na(85)Rb
StateTeωeωexeωeyeBeαeγeDeβereTrans.ν00
A second system (18400 - 18800) has not been analyzed.
A (1Π) 16421.8 61.49 H 0.945        (A ← X) (R) 16399.1 H
Kusch, 1936
X (1Σ) 0 106.64 H 0.455 1         
Dagdigian and Wharton, 1972

Notes

1Mol. beam el. deflection 2
2μ2/B = 6.6E-19 cm3; assuming B = 0.0734 cm-1 Dagdigian and Wharton, 1972 derive an electric dipole moment of 3.1 D.

References

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Kappes and Schumacher, 1985
Kappes, M.M.; Schumacher, E., Generation, spectroscopic and chemical characterization of metal clusters (Mx, x < 65), a progress report, Surf. Sci., 1985, 156, 1. [all data]

Kappes, Radi, et al., 1985
Kappes, M.M.; Radi, P.; Schar, M.; Schumacher, E., Photoionization measurements on dialkali monohalides generated in supersonic nozzle beams, Chem. Phys. Lett., 1985, 113, 243. [all data]

Kusch, 1936
Kusch, P., The band spectra of rubidium and of its combinations with other alkali metals, Phys. Rev., 1936, 49, 218. [all data]

Dagdigian and Wharton, 1972
Dagdigian, P.J.; Wharton, L., Molecular beam electric deflection and resonance spectroscopy of the heteronuclear alkali dimers: 39K7Li, Rb7Li, 39K23Na, Rb23Na, and 133Cs23Na, J. Chem. Phys., 1972, 57, 1487. [all data]


Notes

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