Iron dimer


Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
LBLHLM - Sharon G. Lias, John E. Bartmess, Joel F. Liebman, John L. Holmes, Rhoda D. Levin, and W. Gary Mallard
RDSH - Henry M. Rosenstock, Keith Draxl, Bruce W. Steiner, and John T. Herron
B - John E. Bartmess

View reactions leading to Fe2+ (ion structure unspecified)

Electron affinity determinations

EA (eV) Method Reference Comment
0.9020 ± 0.0080LPESLeopold and Lineberger, 1986B

Ionization energy determinations

IE (eV) Method Reference Comment
6.30 ± 0.01PIRohlfing, Cox, et al., 1984LBLHLM
5.9 ± 0.2EILin and Kant, 1969RDSH

Constants of diatomic molecules

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

Data collected through March, 1976

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 (56)Fe2
StateTeωeωexeωeyeBeαeγeDeβereTrans.ν00
C 2           C ← X 1 
de Vore, Ewing, et al., 1975
B  (218) 3         B ← X 1 (21095) 4
de Vore, Ewing, et al., 1975
A  (194) 3         A ← X 1 (18355) 4
de Vore, Ewing, et al., 1975
X 0           

Notes

1In Ar matrices at 10 K.
2Continuous absorption with maximum at 24120 cm-1.
3Long upper state progression.
4Lowest observed level, vibrational numbering unknown.
5Thermochemical value (mass-spectrom.) Lin and Kant, 1969.

References

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Leopold and Lineberger, 1986
Leopold, D.G.; Lineberger, W.C., A study of the low-lying electronic states of Fe2 and Co2 by negative ion photoelectron spectroscopy, J. Chem. Phys., 1986, 85, 51. [all data]

Rohlfing, Cox, et al., 1984
Rohlfing, E.A.; Cox, D.M.; Kaldor, A.; Johnson, K.H., Photoionization spectra and electronic structure of small iron clusters, J. Chem. Phys., 1984, 81, 3846. [all data]

Lin and Kant, 1969
Lin, S.-S.; Kant, A., Dissociation energy of Fe, J. Phys. Chem., 1969, 73, 2450. [all data]

de Vore, Ewing, et al., 1975
de Vore, T.C.; Ewing, A.; Franzen, H.F.; Calder, V., The visible absorption spectra of Mn2, Fe2, and Ni2 in argon matrices, Chem. Phys. Lett., 1975, 35, 78. [all data]


Notes

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