rubidium chloride
- Formula: ClRb
- Molecular weight: 120.921
- IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/ClH.Rb/h1H;/q;+1/p-1
- IUPAC Standard InChIKey: FGDZQCVHDSGLHJ-UHFFFAOYSA-M
- CAS Registry Number: 7791-11-9
- Chemical structure:
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Gas phase ion energetics data
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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 evaluated as indicated in comments:
L - Sharon G. Lias
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
LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi
RDSH - Henry M. Rosenstock, Keith Draxl, Bruce W. Steiner, and John T. Herron
B - John E. Bartmess
| Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IE (evaluated) | 8.50 ± 0.03 | eV | N/A | N/A | L |
Electron affinity determinations
| EA (eV) | Method | Reference | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.543 ± 0.010 | LPES | Miller, Leopold, et al., 1986 | B |
| >1.53999 | EIAE | Ebinghaus, 1964 | From (RbCl)2; B |
Ionization energy determinations
| IE (eV) | Method | Reference | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.2 | EI | Williams, 1982 | LBLHLM |
| 8.3 ± 0.1 | PE | Potts and Price, 1977 | LLK |
| 8.3 ± 0.1 | PE | Potts, Williams, et al., 1974 | LLK |
| 8.50 ± 0.03 | PI | Berkowitz, 1971 | LLK |
| 8.7 | PE | Goodman, Allen, et al., 1974 | Vertical value; LLK |
Appearance energy determinations
| Ion | AE (eV) | Other Products | Method | Reference | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rb+ | 8.70 ± 0.03 | Cl | PI | Berkowitz, 1971 | LLK |
| Rb+ | 9.2 ± 0.5 | Cl | EI | Hastie and Swingler, 1969 | RDSH |
| Rb+ | 8.9 ± 0.5 | Cl | EI | Bloom, Hastie, et al., 1968 | RDSH |
| Rb+ | 21.17 ± 0.04 | Cl(-) | PE | Potts and Price, 1977 | Vertical value; LLK |
Constants of diatomic molecules
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Data compiled by: Klaus P. Huber and Gerhard H. Herzberg
Data collected through July, 1977
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 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) |
| State | Te | ωe | ωexe | ωeye | Be | αe | γe | De | βe | re | Trans. | ν00 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Continuous absorption with first maximum at ~ 40000 cm-1. 1 | ||||||||||||
| A | A ↔ X 2 3 | |||||||||||
| ↳Sommermeyer, 1929; Barrow and Caunt, 1953; missing citation | ||||||||||||
| X 1Σ+ | 0 | 228 4 | (0.92) | 0.08764041 | 0.00045365 | 7.0E-7 | 0.4947E-7 | 2.3E-11 | 2.786736 5 | |||
| ↳Rice and Klemperer, 1957 | ||||||||||||
| Rotation sp. 6 | ||||||||||||
| ↳Trischka and Braunstein, 1954; Clouser and Gordy, 1964 | ||||||||||||
| Mol. beam rf electric 7 | ||||||||||||
| ↳Hebert, Lovas, et al., 1968 | ||||||||||||
| and magn. reson. 8 | ||||||||||||
| ↳Mehran, Brooks, et al., 1966 | ||||||||||||
Notes
| 1 | Additional peaks in the electron energy loss spectrum at 7.8, 15.5, 19.0, 23.0 eV Geiger and Pfeiffer, 1968. Davidovits and Brodhead, 1967 give absorption cross sections from 34000 to 50000 cm-1. |
| 2 | There is no conclusive evidence yet for the identity of the upper states observed in the absorption and emission spectra. |
| 3 | Diffuse absorption bands (fluctuation b.) 30000 - 38300 cm-1; long lower state vibrational progression in chemiluminescence from 18000 to 26000 cm-1. |
| 4 | From the IR spectrum Rice and Klemperer, 1957. From the rotational constants Clouser and Gordy, 1964 calculate ωe = 233.34, ωexe = 0.856. |
| 5 | Rot. vibr. b. |
| 6 | eqQ(85Rb) = -52.675 + 0.38v MHz v=0,1,2 Trischka and Braunstein, 1954 eqQ(35Cl) = +0.774 - 0.155v MHz v=0,1,2 Trischka and Braunstein, 1954; for constants of 87Rb35Cl see Bolef and Zeiger, 1952, Trischka and Braunstein, 1954. |
| 7 | μel[D] = 10.483 + 0.054(v+1/2), v = 0,1,2. |
| 8 | gJ = (-)0.0183 μN. |
| 9 | Thermochemical value Brewer and Brackett, 1961; flame photometric value 4.40 eV Bulewicz, Phillips, et al., 1961. |
| 10 | Onset of a broad unresolved photoelectron peak with maximum at 8.74 eV Goodman, Allen, et al., 1974, Potts, Williams, et al., 1974. |
| 11 | From D00(RbCl) and the ionization potentials of Rb and RbCl. |
| 12 | From maxima of the photoelectron spectrum Potts, Williams, et al., 1974, missing citation; the halogen 3p spectrum is unresolved. The complexity of the metal 4p photoelectron spectrum is tentatively attributed to configuration interaction in RbBr. See ref 12 of RbBr. |
References
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Miller, Leopold, et al., 1986
Miller, T.M.; Leopold, D.G.; Murray, K.K.; Lineberger, W.C.,
Electron Affinities of the Alkali Halides and the Structure of their Negative Ions,
J. Chem. Phys., 1986, 85, 5, 2368, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.451091
. [all data]
Ebinghaus, 1964
Ebinghaus, H.Z.,
Negative Ionen aus Alkalihalogeniden und Electronenaffinitaten der Alkalimetalle und Alkalihalogenide,
Z. Naturfor., 1964, 19A, 727. [all data]
Williams, 1982
Williams, D.J.,
Mass spectrometric study of the vaporization of the alkali chloride-cuprous chloride systems,
Aust. J. Chem., 1982, 35, 1531. [all data]
Potts and Price, 1977
Potts, A.W.; Price, W.C.,
Photoelectron studies of ionic materials using molecular beam techniques,
Phys. Scr., 1977, 16, 191. [all data]
Potts, Williams, et al., 1974
Potts, A.W.; Williams, T.A.; Price, W.C.,
Photoelectron spectra and electronic structure of diatomic alkali halides,
Proc. Roy. Soc. London A, 1974, 341, 147. [all data]
Berkowitz, 1971
Berkowitz, J.,
Photoionization mass spectrometry photoelectron spectroscopy of high temperature vapor,
Adv. High Temp. Chem., 1971, 3, 123. [all data]
Goodman, Allen, et al., 1974
Goodman, T.D.; Allen, J.D., Jr.; Cusachs, L.C.; Schweitzer, G.K.,
The photoelectron spectra of gaseous alkali halides,
J. Electron Spectrosc. Relat. Phenom., 1974, 3, 289. [all data]
Hastie and Swingler, 1969
Hastie, J.W.; Swingler, D.L.,
Use of the quadrupole mass filter for high-temperature studies,
High Temp. Sci., 1969, 1, 46. [all data]
Bloom, Hastie, et al., 1968
Bloom, H.; Hastie, J.W.; Morrison, J.D.,
Ionization and dissociation of the alkali halides by electron impact,
J. Phys. Chem., 1968, 72, 3041. [all data]
Sommermeyer, 1929
Sommermeyer, K.,
Ein neues spektrum der gasformigen alkalihalogenide und seine deutung,
Z. Phys., 1929, 56, 548. [all data]
Barrow and Caunt, 1953
Barrow, R.F.; Caunt, A.D.,
The ultra-violet absorption spectra of some gaseous alkali-metal halides and the dissociation energy of fluorine,
Proc. R. Soc. London A, 1953, 219, 120. [all data]
Rice and Klemperer, 1957
Rice, S.A.; Klemperer, W.,
Spectra of the alkali halides. II. The infrared spectra of the sodium and potassium halides, RbCl, and CsCl,
J. Chem. Phys., 1957, 27, 573. [all data]
Trischka and Braunstein, 1954
Trischka, J.W.; Braunstein, R.,
Rotational spectra of RbCl by the molecular beam electric resonance method,
Phys. Rev., 1954, 96, 968. [all data]
Clouser and Gordy, 1964
Clouser, P.L.; Gordy, W.,
Millimeter-wave molecular-beam spectroscopy: alkali chlorides,
Phys. Rev., 1964, 134, 863. [all data]
Hebert, Lovas, et al., 1968
Hebert, A.J.; Lovas, F.J.; Melendres, C.A.; Hollowell, C.D.; Story, T.L., Jr.; Street, K., Jr.,
Dipole moments of some alkali halide molecules by the molecular beam electric resonance method,
J. Chem. Phys., 1968, 48, 2824. [all data]
Mehran, Brooks, et al., 1966
Mehran, F.; Brooks, R.A.; Ramsey, N.F.,
Rotational magnetic moments of alkali-halide molecules,
Phys. Rev., 1966, 141, 93. [all data]
Geiger and Pfeiffer, 1968
Geiger, J.; Pfeiffer, H.-C.,
Untersuchung der Anregung innerer Elektronen von Alkalihalogenidmolekulen im Energieverlustspektrum von 25 keV-Elektronen,
Z. Phys., 1968, 208, 105. [all data]
Davidovits and Brodhead, 1967
Davidovits, P.; Brodhead, D.C.,
Ultraviolet absorption cross sections for the alkali halide vapors,
J. Chem. Phys., 1967, 46, 2968. [all data]
Bolef and Zeiger, 1952
Bolef, D.I.; Zeiger, H.J.,
Molecular beam magnetic resonance spectra of Rb87F and Rb87Cl at zero field,
Phys. Rev., 1952, 85, 799. [all data]
Brewer and Brackett, 1961
Brewer, L.; Brackett, E.,
The dissociation energies of gaseous alkali halides,
Chem. Rev., 1961, 61, 425. [all data]
Bulewicz, Phillips, et al., 1961
Bulewicz, E.M.; Phillips, L.F.; Sugden, T.M.,
Determination of dissociation constants and heats of formation of simple molecules by flame photometry. Part 8. Stabilities of the gaseous diatomic halides of certain metals,
Trans. Faraday Soc., 1961, 57, 921. [all data]
Notes
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